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Scott-Moncrieff Commission

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Scott-Moncrieff Commission, delegation appointed in 1901 by George Nathaniel Curzon, the British viceroy of India, to draw up a comprehensive irrigation plan for India. This was a result of Lord Curzonā€™s observation of famine conditions soon after his arrival in 1899. The commission was named for its chairman, Sir Colin Campbell Scott-Moncrieff, who in 1903 recommended measures for the irrigation of an additional 10,200 square miles (26,400 square km) beyond the roughly 30,000 square miles...

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