Question

The people of India agitated against the arrival of Simon Commission because 

(a) Indians never wanted the review of the working of the Act of 1919 

(b) Simon Commission recommended the abolition of Dyarchy (Diarchy) in the Provinces 

(c) there was no Indian member in the Simon Commission 

(d) the Simon Commission suggested the partition of the country.

Answer 1

(c) In November 1927, the British govt. appointed the Indian statutory commission, known popularly after the name of its chairman as the Simon Commission. All the members of the commission were Englishmen. This announcement was greeted with chorus of protest from all Indians. What angered them most was the exclusion of Indians from the commission and the basic notion behind this exclusion was that foreigners would discuss and decide upon India’s fitness for Self- government.