HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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Simon was not known to be a great supporter of the Indian cause.
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All the members of the commission were Englishmen.
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It was appointed before the expiry of the statutory period.
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Peaceful demonstrators were severely beaten by the police.
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was boycotted by the Indians because: All its members were Englishmen. The Commission had no Indian member. This was seen as a deliberate insult to the self-respect of the Indians.
Detailed explanation-2: -The commission was constituted because at the time of introducing the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms in 1919, the British Government had declared that a commission would be sent to India after ten years to examine the effects and operations of the constitutional reforms and to suggest further reforms.
Detailed explanation-3: -The commission proposed the following reforms which included, -Responsibilities of the ministers were expanded and provincial dyarchy should be abolished.-The power of the Governor was enlarged by putting the protection of minorities and special power for the safeguarding of the province under him.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian Statutory Commission also known as Simon Commison’, was a group of seven Members of Parliament under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon (later, 1st Viscount Simon). The commission arrived in British India in 1928 to study constitutional reform in Britain’s largest and most important possession.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Simon Commission was a seven-member commission that came to India in 1928 to inquire into the working of the Government of India Act 1919 and to suggest further reforms in the system of administration.