Previous Year Question
Who among the following were the members of the Fazal Ali Commission?
K. T. Shah
K. M. Panikkar
P. Sitaramaiah
H. N. Kunjaru
Select the correct answer from the code given below:
Code:
1 and 3
2 and 4
2 and 3
1 and 2
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
The Fazl Ali Commission was formally known as the States Reorganisation Commission. The Government of India constituted it on 29 December 1953 to undertake a comprehensive examination of the question of reorganisation of States. Justice S. Fazl Ali was its Chairman, while H. N. Kunzru and K. M. Panikkar were its two other members.
Thus, the three members of the Commission were S. Fazl Ali (Chairman), H. N. Kunzru and K. M. Panikkar. The Commission submitted its report on 30 September 1955.
K. T. Shah was not a member of this Commission. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly and an economist. Similarly, P. Sitaramaiah was also not a member of the Fazl Ali Commission.
An important background factor behind the Commission was the growing demand for reorganisation of States on linguistic lines. After the formation of Andhra State in October 1953, demands for other linguistic States intensified, leading to the constitution of the Commission to examine the entire issue.
The Commission's report was followed by the wider process of State reorganisation, and the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 along with related constitutional changes significantly altered the State structure of the Indian Union.