Simon Go Back

The Simon Commission, which toured India in 1927, had a taste of the will of the people when it visited Vijayawada and Ongole.

At Vijayawada, the municipality had passed a resolution asking Simon and company to go back, as part of the nation-wide boycott of the Commission, which was sent to India to review the reforms initiated by Montague and Chelmsford. An envelope was passed on to Simon. As he opened it, he found a paper in it with the slogan 'Simon Go Back'. Read More...