Which parliamentary committee, set up in 1965 under the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, accepted that Punjab should be reorganised on a linguistic basis?
- A.Hukam Singh Committee
- B.Mandal Commission
- C.Hunter Committee
- D.Kalelkar Commission
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, the Hukam Singh Committee. Parliament set up this committee in 1965 on the demand for a Punjabi Suba under Sardar Hukam Singh, then Speaker of the Lok Sabha. It accepted the principle of reorganising Punjab on a linguistic basis, which settled whether the state should be divided and left only the drawing of the line, a task given to the Shah Commission in 1966.
Option B is wrong because the Mandal Commission of 1979 examined the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes. Option C is wrong because the Hunter Committee of 1919 inquired into the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Option D is wrong because the Kalelkar Commission of 1953 was the first Backward Classes Commission. None of the three had anything to do with the reorganisation of Punjab.
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Practice Questions
View allOn which date did Haryana come into existence as a separate state of the Indian Union?
- A.1 November 1947
- B.1 November 1956
- C.1 November 1966
- D.1 November 1971
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On that day the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 came into force and the Hindi-speaking districts of the old State of Punjab became the new State of Haryana, with seven districts and Chandigarh as a shared capital.
Read the full explanation →Haryana was carved out of the erstwhile State of Punjab under which law?
- A.States Reorganisation Act, 1956
- B.Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966
- C.North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971
- D.Haryana State Act, 1965
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Parliament passed it as Act No. 31 of 1966 after the Shah Commission reported, and it created Haryana, made Chandigarh a Union Territory and joint capital, transferred the hill areas to Himachal Pradesh, kept a common High Court for both states and set up a board for the Bhakra-Nangal and…
Read the full explanation →Which commission, appointed in April 1966, demarcated the boundary between Punjab and Haryana?
- A.Fazl Ali Commission
- B.Dhar Commission
- C.Shah Commission
- D.Sarkaria Commission
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It was appointed on 23 April 1966 under Justice J. C. Shah of the Supreme Court, took the tehsil as its unit and the language returns of the 1961 census as its test, and submitted its report on 31 May 1966, after which the Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Haryana?
- A.Rao Birender Singh
- B.Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
- C.Bansi Lal
- D.Devi Lal
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He belonged to the Congress and was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Haryana on 1 November 1966, the day the state came into being, heading a ministry formed from the Punjab legislators of the Haryana region.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Governor of Haryana?
- A.Dharma Vira
- B.Gurdial Singh Dhillon
- C.Sardar Hukam Singh
- D.Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
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A senior civil servant, he took office as the first Governor of Haryana on 1 November 1966, the day the state was created, and swore in the first Chief Minister.
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