Against this background the new Tory government in Britain constituted a
Statutory Commission under Sir John Simon. Set up in response to the
nationalist movement, the commission was to look into the functioning of the
constitutional system in India and suggest changes. The problem was that the
commission did not have a single Indian member. They were all British.
Source B : Dominion Status
When the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928, it was greeted with the
slogan „Go back Simon‟. All parties, including the Congress and the Muslim
League, participated in the demonstrations. In an effort to win them over, the
viceroy, Lord Irwin, announced in October 1929, a vague offer of „dominion
status‟ for India in an unspecified future, and a Round Table Conference to
discuss a future constitution. This did not satisfy the Congress leaders. The
radicals within the Congress, led by Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhas Chandra
Bose, became more assertive.
Source C : The Salt March
The most stirring of all was the demand to abolish the salt tax. Salt was
something consumed by the rich and the poor alike, and it was one of the most
essential items of food. The tax on salt and the government monopoly over its
production, Mahatma Gandhi declared, revealed the most oppressive face of
British rule.
Source A : Simon Commission
(i) Why did Tory government set up Simon Commission?
Source B : Dominion Status
(ii) Why did Lord Irwin announce dominion status?
Source C : The Salt March
(iii) Why did Gandhiji find in salt a powerful symbol of unity?
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