Challenger

Shah Commission:

• The Shah Commission was formed in 1966.
• On the recommendation of the Shah Commission, the punjabi- speaking areas of State of Punjab were combined into a unilingual state of Punjab.
• The Hindi-speaking areas were merged into the State of Haryana.
• The hill areas were merged with the neighboring union territory of Himachal Pradesh.

JVP Committee:

• JVP Committee was formed in 1948.
• It constituted of Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallahbhai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya and hence, was popularly known as JVP Committee.
• It submitted its report in April 1949.
• It formally rejected language as the basis for reorganisation of states.

Dhar Commission:

• Dhar Commission was formed in 1948.
• The Government of India appointed the Linguistic Provinces Commission under the chairmanship of S K Dhar.
• The commission submitted its report in December 1948.
• It recommended the reorganisation of states on the basis of administrative convenience rather than linguistic factor.

Fazal Ali Commission:

• The establishment of the state of Andhra Pradesh heightened demand from other regions for the establishment of linguistically distinct states.
• This compelled the Government of India to appoint a three-member State Reorganisation Commission.
• The chairman of the commission was Fazal Ali.
• The other two members were K.M. Panikkar and H.N. Kunzru.