The Hunter Committee was appointed

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The correct answer is To enquire into the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

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The Hunter Commission was appointed after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
After the terrible massacre at Jallianwala Bagh on 13th April, 1919, the Legislative Council of the government of India constituted the Hunter Commission to examine the mishap that occurred there.
On October 14, 1919, the Government of India announced the formation of the Disorders Inquiry Committee.
The committee was commonly known as Hunter Commission after the name of chairman, Lord William Hunter. It also had Indian members.
In the final report submitted in March 1920, the committee unanimously condemned Dyer’s actions.
However, the Hunter Committee did not impose any penal or disciplinary action against General Dyer.

Additional InformationJallianwala Bagh Massacre:

On April 9, 1919, two nationalist leaders, Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal were arrested by the British officials without any provocation except that they had addressed protest meetings, and taken to some unknown destination.
This caused resentment among the Indian protestors who came out in thousands on April 10 to show their solidarity with their leaders.
Soon the protests turned violent because the police resorted to firing in which some of the protestors were killed. To curb any future protest government put martial law in place and law and order in Punjab was handed over to Brigadier-General Dyer.
On 13th April, Baisakhi day, a large crowd of people mostly from neighboring villages, unaware of the prohibitory orders in the Amritsar gathered in the Jallianwala Bagh.
Brigadier-General Dyer arrived on the scene with his men. The troops surrounded the gathering under orders from General Dyer and blocked the only exit point and opened fire on the unarmed crowd killing more than 1000 unarmed men, women, and children.