due to their brutal behaviour towards indians

TheIndian Statutory Commission, commonly referred to as theSimon Commission, was a group of seven British Members ofParliamentunder the chairmanship ofSir John Simon. The commission arrived inBritish Indiain 1928 to study constitutional reform in Britain's largest and most important possession. One of its members wasClement Attlee, of the Labour Party, who became committed to Indian independence by 1934 and achieved that goal asPrime Ministerin 1947 in the .granting of independence to India and Pakistan.[1]

At the time of introducing theMontagu–Chelmsford Reformsin 1919, the British Government declared that a commission would be sent to India after ten years to examine the effects and operations of the constitutional reforms and to suggest more reforms for India.[2]In November 1927, the British government appointed the Simon Commission to report on India's constitutional progress for introducing constitutional reforms, as promised.

The Commission was strongly opposed by many in India . It was opposed by Nehru, Gandhi, Jinnah, theMuslim LeagueandIndian National Congressbecause it contained seven members of the British Parliament but no Indians. Indians saw it as a violation to their right of self determination and insult to their self respect. Prominent Indian nationalistLala Lajpat Railed a protest inLahore. He suffered a police beating during the protest, and died of his injuries on 17 November around 1928.