simon commision greeted with the slogans 'simon go back' in india explain
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(i) The new Tory government in Britain constituted a Statutory Commission under Sir John Simon.
(ii) It was set up in response to the nationalist movement.
(iii) The commission was to look in to the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest changes.
(iv) The problem was that the commission didn‘t have a single Indian member.
(v) When the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928, it was greeted with the slogan ‘Go back Simon’.
(vi) All parties, including the Congress and the Muslim League, participated in the demonstrations.
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The Simon Commission was a political grp who would look over the constitution of India and make changes and reforms. But the main problem was- all members of the commission were Britishers. Not even a single Indian was a part of the party. Hence people did not trust the commission and protested against it. This is where the slogan "Simon Go Back" comes into being. It was a "greeting" to the Simon Commission.