List of former Chairmen and Members of the Commission
Table-1: List of former Chairmen of the Commission (since 1926)
S.
No.
Name
Date when took over charge
Date on which relinquished charge
1.
Sir Ross Barker
October, 1926
August, 1932
2.
Sir David Petrie
1936
3.
Sir Eyre Gorden
1937
1942
4.
Sir F.W. Robertson
1947
5.
Sh. H.K. Kripalani
1.4.1947
13.1.1949
6.
Sh. R.N. Banerjee
14.1.1949
9.5.1955
7.
Sh. N. Govindarajan
10.5.1955
9.12.1955
8.
Sh. V.S.Hejmadi
10.12.1955
9.12.1961
9.
Sh. B.N.Jha
11.12.1961
22.2.1967
10.
Sh. K.R. Damle
18.4.1967
2.3.1971
11.
Sh. R.C.S. Sarkar
11.5.1971
1.2.1973
12.
Dr. A.R.Kidwai
5.2.1973
4.2.1979
13.
Dr.M.L. Shahare
16.2.1979 (AN)
16.2.1985
14.
Sh. H.K.L. Capoor
18.2.1985
5.3.1990
15.
Sh. J.P.Gupta
5.3.1990 (AN)
2.6.1992
16.
Mrs. R.M.Bathew (Kharbuli)
23.9.1992
23.8.1996
17.
Sh. S.J.S. Chhatwal
23.8.1996 (AN)
30.9.1996
18.
Sh. J.M. Qureshi
30.9.1996 (AN)
11.12.1998
19.
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Surinder Nath
11.12.1998 (AN)
25.6.2002
20.
Sh. P.C. Hota
25.6.2002 (AN)
8.9.2003
21.
Sh. Mata Prasad
8.9.2003 (AN)
4.1.2005
Table-2: List of former Members of the Commission (since 1926)
Remarks
Sir Philip Hatog
1.10.1926
5.4.1930
Mr. A.H. Ley
1.10.1931
Mr. Sayed Raza Ali
31.11.1931
Sir T.V. Raghvachari
Mr. M. Keane
Khanbahadur Sir Abdul Qadir
13.7.1929
30.11.1929
Mr. J.N. Roy
16.9.1929
2.4.1930
Raibahadur A.N. Chatterjee
6.1.1930
1.10.1930
Mr. J.R. Chunnigham
20.1.1930
Sir J. Charles Weir
16.6.1930
16.12.1935
Raibahadur B.P. Varma
1.10.1935
Sir David Patrie
8.8.1932
Appointed as Chairman
Dr. L.K. Hyder
2.1.1932
31.12.1936
Mr. H.S. Crosthwaite
16.2.1935
1.5.1939
Sir Shafaat Ahmed Khan
18.5.1935
10.9.1935
Mr. P.L.Dhawan
20.9.1940
Mr. D. Raynell
31.8.1936
29.11.1936
Sir A.F.Rehman
7.1.1937
7.5.1942
Sir C.C. Chitham
2.12.1938
15.4.1939
Mr. L.P. Misra
18.7.1938
4.9.1938
Sir John Rutherford Dain
8.5.1939
16.2.1942
22.
Mr. K. Sanjiva Row
23.
Mr. W.R.G. Smith
24.
Col. M.A. Rehman
1.1.1946
30.6.1946
25.
Mr. W.A. Cosgrave
7.4.1944
25.10.1944
26.
Mr.N.J. Roughton
1.1.1945
20.9.1945
27.
Maj. Naunihal Singh Mann
31.7.1946
17.11.1946
28.
Mr. F.C. Edmonds
12.4.1946
6.6.1946
29.
Mr. O.E.Windle
1.7.1946
6.8.1946
30.
Mr. R.P. Patwardhan
5.2.1947
5.8.1947
31.
Mr. S.G. Grubb
1.11.1945
9.12.1946
6.10.1946 &
23.2.1950
32.
Mr. Javad Hussain
14.3.1947
31.3.1952
33.
Mr. K. Zachariah
1.7.1947
18.1.1950
34.
Mr. W.R. Puranik
35.
Mr. J.L. Kapur
4.12.1947
31.5.1949
36.
Mr. Balwant Singh Puri
1.6.1948
17.9.1948
31.7.1948
30.4.1949
37.
Mr. S.C. Tripathi
5.6.1948
14.2.1950
38.
Dr. L.D. Joshi
12.6.1948
18.2.1949
39.
Mr. G.C. Chatterjee
1.8.1949
31.10.1953
40.
Mr. N. Govindarajan
31.5.1950
41.
Mr. C.B. Nagarkar
18.12.1950
18.12.1956
42.
Mr. N.K. Sidhanta
16.4.1951
31.7.1955
43.
Mr. A.A.A. Fyzee
2.6.1952
31.5.1957
44.
Mr. S.V. Kanungo
29.9.1952
29.9.1958 (FN)
45.
Mr. J.S. Pillai
17.8.1955
16.8.1961 (AN)
46.
Mr. C.V. Mahajan
2.1.1956
2.1.1960 (FN)
47.
Dr. J.N. Mukherjee
1.9.1956
22.4.1958
48.
Mr. P.L. Varma
24.11.1956
24.11.1962 (FN)
49.
Mr. S.H.Zaheer
1.6.1957
31.5.1963 (AN)
50.
Dr. G.S. Mahajani
1.7.1957
30.6.1963 (AN)
51.
Dr. A.T. Sen
1.9.1958
31.8.1964 (AN)
52.
Mr.M.L. Chaturvedi
1.3.1960
6.7.1964 (AN)
53.
Mr. M.A.V. Naidu
11.3.1960
14.1.1965 (AN)
54.
Mr. A.V. Ramaswami
14.12.1961
14.7.1964 (AN)
55.
Mr. Batuk Singh
19.4.1963
20.9.1968 (AN)
56.
Mr. N.L. Ahmad
1.6.1963
25.4.1967 (AN)
57.
Smt. B. Khongmen
9.1.1964
8.1.1970 (AN)
58.
Mr. Desraj Mehta
29.1.1964
20.11.1967 (AN)
59.
Dr. A. Appadorai
9.12.1964
15.3.1967 (AN)
60.
Mr. M.S. Doriswami
14.9.1965 (AN)
14.11.1967 (AN)
61.
Mr. R.C.S. Sarkar
31.1.1966
62.
Mr. Hari Sharma
22.5.1967 (AN)
22.5.1973
63.
Dr. A.R. Kidwai
29.9.1967
64.
Maj. Gen. P.C. Gupta
3.2.1968
2.2.1974
65.
Dr. M.L. Shahare
14.2.1968
13.2.1974
66.
Mr. D.P. Kohli
16.10.1968
08.2.1972
67.
Prof. H.N. Ramachandra Rao
9.5.1969
08.5.1975
68.
Mr. R.N. Muttoo
25.6.1971
24.6.1977
69.
Dr. A.K. Dhan
28.6.1971
5.11.1975
70.
Mr. R.G. Rajwade
23.8.1973
5.1.1974
71.
Prof. P.L. Bhatnagar
1.10.1973
18.7.1975
72.
Mr. Asoka Sen
22.1.1974
21.1.1980
73.
Air Marshal T.S. Virk
22.4.1974
21.4.1980
74.
Mr. M. Singaravelu
24.7.1974
16.3.1980
75.
Dr. Sarup Singh
12.2.1975
14.3.1978
76.
Mr. N.S. Saksena
4.6.1977
4.6.1983
77.
Dr. P.C. Vaidya
1.7.1977
22.10.1978
78.
Prof. S. Sampath
10.8.1977
28.8.1981
79.
Dr. N.A. Noor Muhammed
30.11.1978
17.10.1981
80.
Mrs. R.O. Dhan
1.12.1978
30.11.1984
81.
Prof. Bhubaneshwar Behara
12.12.1978
31.12.1980
82.
Mr. S.R. Mehta
17.3.1980
16.12.1982
83.
Mr. J.R. Bansal
17.5.1980
16.5.1986
84.
Air Vice Marshal A.K.S. Bakshi
27.7.1981
14.11.1986
85.
Mr. A.M. Abdul Hamid
11.12.1981
25.3.1986
86.
Dr. K. Venkata Ramiah
24.12.1981
23.12.1987
87.
Mr. S. Samaddar
24.5.1982
23.5.1988
88.
Mr. Jagdish Rajan
25.9.1984
25.9.1990
89.
Mr. J.P. Gupta
1.7.1985
5.3.1990 (FN)
90.
Dr. R. Arockiasamy
5.7.1985
4.7.1991
91.
Mr. Surendra Nath
23.12.1985
7.8.1991 (FN)
92.
Mr. Qazi Mukhtar Ahmad
4.4.1986
14.3.1991
93.
Mrs. R.M. Bathew (Kharbuli)
8.6.1987
22.9.1992
94.
Lt. Gen. R.S. Dayal
31.7.1987
13.5.1988
95.
Vice Admiral G.M. Hiranandani
13.4.1989
12.4.1995
96.
Mr. A. Padmanabhan
17.4.1989
13.12.1993
97.
Mr. J.A. Kalyankrishnan
29.12.1989
28.12.1995
98.
Mr. Harish Chandra
15.1.1990
14.1.1996
99.
Mrs. Otima Bordia
11.5.1990
10.5.1996
100.
Mr. S.J.S. Chhatwal
14.1.1991
101.
Mr. J.M. Qureshi
1.4.1991
102.
Mr. S.K. Misra
21.8.1991 (AN)
21.08.1997
103.
Dr. (Ms.) P. Selvie Das
19.9.1991
28.5.1997
104.
Mr. B. Krishna Mohan
20.9.1993 (AN)
25.1.1998
Expired
105.
Smt. Kanta Kathuria
24.5.1995
22.8.1998
106.
20.9.1995
107.
27.9.1996 (AN)
108.
Sh. K.K. Madan
1.11.1996 (AN)
1.11.2002
109.
Dr. K.G. Adiyodi
14.11.1996 (AN)
28.5.2001
Expired on 28.05.2001
110.
Sh. P. Abraham
5.6.1997
4.6.2003
111.
Sh.M.K. Deb Barma
6.6.1997
5.6.2003
112.
Dr. L. Siddaveere Gowda
11.6.1997 (AN)
5.9.2001
113.
Sh. T.K. Banerji
21.8.1997 (AN)
21.8.2003
114.
23.4.1998 (AN)
115.
Km. Arundhati Ghose
3.9.1998
2.9.2004
116.
Dr. Om Nagpal
5.4.1999 (AN)
2.3.2002
Expired on 2.3.2002
117.
Dr. S.D. Karnik
18.9.2001
16.7.2002
Resigned on 16.07.2002
118.
Dr. S.R. Hashim
19.3.2002 (AN)
4.1.2005 (AN)
119.
Dr.(Smt.) Prakashwati Sharma
20.3.2002 (AN)
7.2.2005
