<P> The States Reorganisation Commission was preceded by the Linguistic Provinces Commission ( aka Dhar Commission ) , which was set up in June 1948 . Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru appointed the States Reorganisation Commission in December 1953 , with the remit to reorganise the Indian states . The new commission was headed by the retired Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , Fazal Ali ; its other two members were H.N. Kunzru and K.M. Panikkar . The efforts of the commission were overseen by Govind Ballabh Pant , who served as the Home Minister from December 1954 . </P>
which commission was appointed for the creation of new states on the basis of language
The States Reorganisation Commission