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Lord Curzon (1904-1905)

Appointment of 4 commissions and 3 missions

  • Frazer Commission- Police commission recommended the establishment of CID in the provinces and central intelligence at the centre.
  • Raleigh Commission-Educational commission
  • MacDonell Commission- Famine commission
  • Robertson Commission- Irrigation commission
  • Flag Waving Mission- to Persian Gulf
  • Young Husban Mission- Tibet
  • Louis Dane Mission- Kabul
  • North West Frontier Province was created in 1900.
    Punjab land alienation act was passed in 1901.

    In 1901 death of Queen Victoria and Habibullah became the Amir of Afghanistan.
    Coronation Darbar 1903 marked the accession of Edward Fraser.
    Indian University Act was passed in 1904.
    Bengal partition took place in 1905.
    Ancient Monument Preservation Act passed in 1904.
    Imperial Agricultural Department was set up.
    Calcutta Corporation Act in 1899.
    Police Reforms in 1902-03 under Andrew Frazer.
    A famine Commission was appointed under the chairmanship of Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff to investigate into the whole question of irrigation.
    A new department of Commerce and Industry was created.
    The Indian Coinage and Paper Currency Act passed in 1899.
    Thomas Robertson was invited to restructure railways.
    In 1904 expedition against Tibet was sent.
    Introduced paper currency for the first time.


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