Important commission appointed during the British Rule
| Area of Recommendation | Commission | Governor General/Viceroy at the time |
| Education | 1. Hunter Commission (1882) 2. Raleigh Commission (1902) 3. Sadler Commission (1917) 4. Hartog Commission (1929) 5. Sargent Plan (1944) | 1. Lord Ripon 2. Lord Curzon 3. Lord Chelmsford 4. Lord Irwin 5. Lord Wavell |
| Famine | 1. Campbell Commission (1866) 2. Stratchy Commission (1880) 3. Lyall Commission (1886) 4. MacDonnell Commission (1901) | 1. Sir John Lawrence 2. Lord Lytton 3. Lord Elgin 4. Lord Curzon |
| Currency | 1. Mansfield Commission (1886) 2. Fowler Commission (1898) 3. Babington Smith Commission (1919) 4. Hilton Young Commission (1939) | 1. Lord Dufferin 2. Lord Elgin II 3. Lord Chelmsford 4. Lord Linglithgow |
| Army | 1. Peel Commission (1857) 2. Skeen Commission (1925) 3. Sandhurst Commission (1926) 4. Chatfield Commission (1939) | 1. Lord Canning 2. Lord Reading 3. Lord Reading 4. Lord Linglithgow |
| Civil Services | 1. Aitchison Commission (1886) 2. Islington Commission (1912) 3. Lee Commission (1923) | 1. Lord Dufferin 2. Lord Hardinge 3. Lord Reading |
| Relation between the government and the princely states | Butler Commission (1928) | Lord Irwin |
| Police | Fraser Commission (1902) | Lord Curzon |
| Punjab Disturbances | Hunter Commission (1919) | Lord Chelmsford |
| Labour | Whitley Commission (1929) | Lord Irwin |
| Unemployment | Sapru Commission (1935) | Lord Linglithgow |
| Irrigation | Scott-Moncrieff Commission (1901) | Lord Curzon |
| Tenancy in Bengal | Floud Commission (1940) | Lord Linglithgow |