Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Dec 2023 Political Science
The Linguistic Provinces Commission that was formed to advise the Constituent Assembly was popularly known as
ADhar Commission ✓ Correct
BMenon Commission
CMukherjee Commission
DBose Commission
Correct answer: (A) Dhar Commission — The Linguistic Provinces Commission that advised the Constituent Assembly was popularly known as the Dhar Commission.
Explanation
★The Linguistic Provinces Commission that advised the Constituent Assembly was popularly known as the Dhar Commission.
★It was set up in 1948 under the chairmanship of Justice S.K. Dhar.
★The commission advised against reorganising states purely on a linguistic basis at that early stage.
★Its cautious view was later revisited by the JVP Committee and then the States Reorganisation Commission of 1953.
★The other names listed are not the popular name of this early linguistic-provinces body.
★Name this commission correctly: the Dhar Commission of 1948 on linguistic provinces.
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