Explanation : Simon Commission designated after the name of its chairman, Sir John Simon (1873-1954), was constituted in 1927 as a royal parliamentary commission to enquire into the working of the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms. It was officially known as ‘Indian Statutory Commission’. The commission landed in Bombay on February 3, 1928. The Indians boycotted the Simon Commission because it had no Indian members. ....Read more