Simon Commission In November 1927 itself (i.e., 2 years before the schedule), the British
Government announced the appointment a seven-member statutory commission under the
chairmanship of Sir John Simon to report on the condition of India under its new Constitution. All the
members of the commission were British and hence, all the parties boycotted the commission. The
commission submitted its report in 1930 and recommended the abolition of dyarchy, extension of
responsible government in the provinces, establishment of a federation of British India and princely
states, continuation of communal electorate and so on. To consider the proposals of the commission,
the British Government convened three round table conferences of the representatives of the British
Government, British India and Indian princely states. On the basis of these discussions, a ‘White
Paper on Consitutional Reforms’ was prepared and submitted for the consideration of the Joint Select
Committee of the British Parliament. The recommendations of this committee were incorporated
(with certain changes) in the next Government of Inida Act of 1935.
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