Q. Consider the following commissions and acts regarding the reorganisation of states in India:
1. Fazl Ali Commission
2. Dhar Commission
3. State Reorganisation Act
4. JVP Committee
Arrange the above in the correct chronological order of their establishment/passage:
. Exp) Option a is the correct answer.
The correct chronological order is 2-4-1-3. Dhar Commission: There had been demands from different regions, particularly South India, to reorganise the state on a linguistic basis. Accordingly, the government of India appointed the Dhar Commission in June 1948.
JVP Committee: The Dhar Commission recommended reorganisation of state based on administrative convenience rather than on linguistic basis which led to wide resentment and led to appointment of another committee i.e., the JVP Committee in December 1948. It rejected language as the basis for reorganisation of state.
Fazl Ali Commission: The creation of Andhra state in October 1953 intensified the demand from other regions for the creation of states on Linguistic basis. This forced the government to appoint the Fazl Ali commission In December 1953 State Reorganisation Act 1956:
The State Reorganisation Act was passed by the government through the 7th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956 on the recommendation of Fazl Ali Commission
