Question

Why was the Simon Commission boycotted by the Indians?

Answer 1

Hint: The Simon Commission was a group of seven parliament members from Britain under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon. This commission was introduced in British India in 1928. Sir John Simon, Donald Howard, Clement Attlee, Harry Levy-Lawson, Edward Cadogan, Vernon Hartshorn, and George Lane-Fox were the members appointed in the Simon Commission.

Complete answer:
The Simon Commission originally named the Indian Statutory Commission, was sent to British India to study the potential constitutional reforms or in other words to write a constitution for British India. This commission has entirely British members and not a single Indian member was included. The Indians took it as an insult and they said their destiny could not be determined by a handful of British members. The Congress party, the Muslim League led by Mohammad Ali Jinnah decided to boycott the commission. When the Simon commission first arrived in Feb -1928, there were hartals, protests, demonstrations of Black flags all over India. People of India used to Chant the Slogan, "Simon Go Back". Forces of the British used Lathi Charges to suppress the protest. Various leaders including Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, Lala Lalpat Rai were brutally lathi charged by the police.

Note:The Indian Statutory Commission was named Simon Commission after its chairman Sir John Simon. The justice party in the South decided to favor the government. This commission was finally published in 1930 and it led to the foundation of the Government of India Act 1935, which acted as a basis for various parts of the current Constitution of India.