{"id":30222,"date":"2023-07-31T11:09:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T05:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=30222"},"modified":"2024-05-18T12:29:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T06:59:41","password":"","slug":"simon-commission-1927","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/docs\/simon-commission-1927","title":{"rendered":"Simon Commission 1927: Reforms, Political Reactions, &#038; Road to the Government of India Act 1935"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #ff5e00;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff; font-size: 24pt;\"><b>Simon Commission 1927: Reforms, Political Reactions, &#038; Road to the Government of India Act 1935<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Simon Commission: Commission &#038; Constitutional Evolution<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/government-of-india-1919-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Government of India Act of 1919<\/a> provided for the appointment of a commission <\/span><b>ten years from the date of the Act<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to evaluate the 1919 <a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/indian-constitution-exploration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">constitutional<\/a> amendments and to give advice on additional measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Simon Commission: British Inquiry into Indian Reforms<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On <\/span><b>November 8, 1927<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the British government established an all-white, seven-member Indian Statutory Commission, generally known as the <\/span><b>Simon Commission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (after the name of its head, Sir John Simon).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8; text-align: center;\"><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/indian-universities-act-1904\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REFORMING EDUCATION: IMPACT OF INDIAN UNIVERSITIES ACT 1904<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Mandate of Commission: Gauging India&#8217;s Readiness for Reform<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The commission\u2019s mandate was to advise the British government on whether India was ready for future constitutional reforms and along what lines.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"vc_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pw.live\/batches\/upsc?utm_source=seo+upsc+batch&#038;utm_medium=seo+upsc&#038;utm_campaign=seo&#038;utm_id=upsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enroll now for UPSC Online Course<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Reason to Appoint the Commission Two Years Ago by the British Government Appoint: 1927 Appointment Amid Political Concerns<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Anticipation of Defeat by Conservative Government:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Although constitutional revisions were due only in 1929, the Conservative administration, then in control in Britain, anticipated defeat by the Labour Party and hence did not want to leave the matter of the future of Britain\u2019s most expensive colony in \u201cirresponsible Labour hands\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Failure of the 1919 Act:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Furthermore, by the mid-1920s, the failure of the 1919 Act to establish a stable imperial power had resulted in several parliamentary investigations and probes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Main Commission And Reports:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Lee Commission investigated Raj\u2019s failure to recruit enough British officers, the Muddiman Commission investigated the impasse within the diarchy regime, and the Linlithgow Commission investigated the Indian agricultural problem. As a result, the British government appointed the Simon Commission in 1927.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8; text-align: center;\"><strong><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/muddiman-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MUDDIMAN COMMITTEE: REPORT FEATURE, PROPOSED CHANGES 1919 ACT<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>India\u2019s Reaction: India Unites in Boycott, 1927<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Congress: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Congress session in Madras (December 1927), presided by M.A. Ansari resolved to boycott the commission \u201cat every step and in every shape.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Muslim League<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A branch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/upsc-notes\/muslim-league-1906\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Muslim League<\/a>&#8211; Under Jinnah\u2019s leadership, a faction of the Muslim League boycotted the Commission.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tej Bahadur Sapru:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> He leads the Liberal Federation in boycotting the Simon Commission.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #ff5e00;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>#PW-OnlyIAS EDGE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8;\"><b>Who Backed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Report of the Simon Commission?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Muslim League led by Muhammad Shafi: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A faction of the Muslim League led by Muhammad Shafi Unionist Party in Punjab and the Justice Party in the South.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #ff6600;\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Simon Commission drafted the framework for the Government of India Act\u00a0 1935, which fostered \u201c<\/span><b>responsible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d local government in India but not at the federal level.<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.3543%; height: 395px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 206.949%; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #ff5e00; text-align: center; height: 73px;\" colspan=\"2\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><b>Must Read<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 49.7426%; text-align: center; border-style: solid; border-color: #000000; background-color: #e9ebe8; height: 73px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pwonlyias.com\/stage\/ncert-notes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCERT Notes For UPSC<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 157.207%; 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