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title: "Dhar Commission: 1948 Linguistic Provinces Report"
description: "The Dhar Commission (1948) rejected reorganising Indian states by language, favouring administrative criteria—a key UPSC modern-history topic preceding the SRC."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Dhar Commission was the Linguistic Provinces Commission appointed by India's government in 1948 to assess whether states should be reorganised on a linguistic basis.
- Why did the Dhar Commission reject linguistic reorganisation of states?
- How does the Dhar Commission differ from the States Reorganisation Commission?
- What was the JVP Committee's relationship to the Dhar Commission?
- Who chaired the Dhar Commission and when did it report?

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The Dhar Commission was the Linguistic Provinces Commission appointed by India's government in 1948 to assess whether states should be reorganised on a linguistic basis.

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In December 1948, the Dhar Commission submitted its report to the Government of India, recommending against forming states on a linguistic basis and prompting the Congress to appoint the JVP Committee at its Jaipur session that same month.

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