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The Simon Commission was boycotted by most Indian political parties in 1928 mainly because
- A. it had no Indian member
- B. it proposed partition of the country
- C. it supported the Rowlatt Act
- D. it demanded higher land revenue
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Answer: (A) it had no Indian member
The seven-member Statutory Commission headed by Sir John Simon had only British members, so Indians felt excluded from deciding their own constitutional future. Protesters shouted 'Simon Go Back', and Lala Lajpat Rai was fatally injured in a lathi charge at Lahore. The other options have no basis in its terms of reference.
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