the simon commission came to india in 1928.
the simon commission came to india in 1928.
when was the simon commission came to india?
1928
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the indian statutory commission, commonly referred to as the simon commission, was a group of seven british members of parliament under the chairmanship of sir john simon. the commission arrived in british india in 1928 to study constitutional reform in britain's most important colony. one of its members was clement attlee, who became committed to indian independence by 1934 and achieved that goal as prime minister in 1947 in the .granting of independence to india and pakistan.
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the congress was passing through a phase of political inactivity. the swarajists had joined the legislative council but did not achieve much. gandhi was engaged in village upliftment programme. during the madras session in december 1927, young leaders like jawahar lal nehru had proposed the resolution for complete independence which was however defeated and the action of jawahar lal was not appreciated by gandhi. with such a background, simon commission was receiving strong protest from nationalist supporters. irwin persuaded the congress leadership to come to the round table conference which simon commission was expected to propose after going back to london. irwin, the viceroy of india, had watched with great concern the unanimity of indians in opposing the simon commission. there was opposition in london also against giving concessions to the indians and it was debated in the parliament. with this background, gandhi issued the statement. it was, in a way, an attempt to find a middle path. in the statement, it was suggested, that in the coming round table conference, the features of dominion status to india would be discussed, that there would be majority of congress delegates in the conference and there would be issues of general amnesty and conciliation. in this way, there were four main demands for the commission.
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