The first synchronous census in India was held in 1881. Since then, censuses have been undertaken uninterrupted once every ten year.

India was divided into India and Pakistan by the India Independence Act. The Indian Independence Act was passed in 1947. The act created two new independent dominions; India and Pakistan.

The Hunter Commission was set up to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Lord William Hunter led the investigating committee. The commission was formed on 29th October 1919. It started in November and took testimony over a period of 46 days.

Doctrine of lapse was the policy of Dalhousie, the then Governor General, to annex the independent Indian States in 1848 A.D. This doctrine was based on the idea that in case a ruler of a dependent state died childless, the right of ruling over the State reverted or ‘ lapsed’ to the sovereign.

The Indian Statutory Commission, commonly referred to as the Simon Commission, was a group of seven British Members of Parliament under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. The commission arrived in British India in 1928 to study constitutional reform in Britain’s largest and most important possession.