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The Simon Commission, appointed in 1927, was boycotted by Indian parties due to its all-British membership and recommended significant constitutional reforms in India, leading to the Government of India Act of 1935. The Communal Award of 1932 extended separate electorates to various minorities, including depressed classes, causing Gandhi to protest until a compromise, the Poona Pact, was reached. The Government of India Act of 1935 represented a significant step towards responsible governance in India with its comprehensive provisions.

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The Simon Commission, appointed in 1927, was boycotted by Indian parties due to its all-British membership and recommended significant constitutional reforms in India, leading to the Government of India Act of 1935. The Communal Award of 1932 extended separate electorates to various minorities, including depressed classes, causing Gandhi to protest until a compromise, the Poona Pact, was reached. The Government of India Act of 1935 represented a significant step towards responsible governance in India with its comprehensive provisions.

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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.

Communal Award In August 1932, Ramsay MacDonald, the British Prime

Minister, announced a scheme of representation of the minorities, which

Came to be known as the Communal Award. The award not only continued

Separate electorates for the Muslims, Sikhs, Indian Christians, Anglo-Indians

And Europeans but also extended it to the depressed classes (scheduled

Castes). Gandhiji was distressed over this extension of the principle of

Communal representation to the depressed classes and undertook fast unto

Death in Yeravada Jail (Poona) to get the award modified. At last, there was

An agreement between the leaders of the Congress and the depressed


classes.

The agreement, known as Poona Pact, retained the Hindu joint electorate and
Gave reserved seats to the depressed classes.

Government of India Act of 1935

The Act marked a second milestone towards a completely responsible

Government in India. It was a lengthy and detailed document having 321

Sections and 10 Schedules.

Features of the Act

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