Q. Consider the following events:

1. Hunter Commission
2. Charles Wood’s Despatch
3. Sadler Commission
4. Raleigh Commission

Which of the following is their correct chronological sequence?
Answer: 2 — 1 — 4 — 3
Notes: • Lord Ripon the then Governor-General of India appointed the first Indian Education Commission on February 3, 1882 under the Chairmanship of Sir William Hunter, a member of the Executive Council of Viceroy. So this Commission is popularly known as Hunter Commission.
• Charles Wood was the president of the Board of Control. So this is known as Wood's Despatch of 1854. Wood's Despatch is a long document of 100 paragraphs and deals with the various aspects of great educational importance.
• In 1917 to 1919, Sadler led the "Sadler Commission" which looked at the state of Indian Education.
• Raleigh Commission was appointed under the presidency of Sir Thomas Raleigh on 27 January 1902 to inquire into the condition and prospects of universities in India and to recommend proposals for improving their constitution and working.