The below list consists of Committees and Commissions, which were constituted by the British during colonial period for administrative reforms, judicial reforms and social reforms.
| Name of Committees/ Commissions | Year | Governor-General/Viceroy | Subjects of the Committees/ Commissions |
| Charles Wood Despatch | 1854 | Lord Dalhousie | Education |
| Hunter Commission | 1882 | Lord Ripon | Education |
| Raleigh Commission | 1902 | Lord Curzon | Education (Indian Universities Act) |
| Sadler Commission | 1917 | Lord Chelmsford | Education |
| Hartog Commission | 1929 | Lord Irwin | Education |
| Sargent Plan | 1944 | Lord Wavell | Education |
| Campbell Commission | 1866 | Sir John Lawrence | Famine |
| Stratchy Commission | 1880 | Lord Lytton | Famine |
| Lyall Commission | 1886 | Lord d Elgin-II | Famine |
| MacDonnell Commission | 1900 | Lord Curzon | Famine |
| Mansfield Commission | 1886 | Lord Dufferin | Currency |
| Fowler Commission | 1898 | Lord Elgin-II | Currency |
| Hilton Young Commission | 1926 | Lord Linlithgow | Currency |
| Fraser Commission | 1902 | Lord Curzon | Agriculture |
| Scott-Moncrieff Commission | 1901 | Lord Curzon | Irrigation |
| Babington Smith Commission | 1919 | Lord Chelmsford | Currency |
| Hunter Committee Report | 1919 | Lord Chelmsford | Punjab Disturbances |
| Muddiman Committee | 1924 | Lord Reading | To examine the working of Diarchy of the Montague-Chelmsford reforms |
| Butler Commission | 1927 | Lord Irwin | Indian States |
| Whitley Commission | 1929 | Lord Irwin | Labour |
| Simon Commission | Lord Irwin | To investigate the progress of the governance scheme and suggest new steps for reform | |
| Sapru Commission | 1935 | Lord Linlithgow | Unemployment |
| Chatfield Commission | 1939 | Lord Linlithgow | Army |
| FIoud Commission | 1940 | Lord Linlithgow | Tenancy in Bengal |
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