Simon Commission 1. The Statutory Commission was set up by the Tory government of Britain to look into the demands of the nationalists and suggest changes in the constitutional structure of India. 2. The Commission arrived in India in 1928. 3. Congress protested against this commission, and it was greeted by the slogan ‘Go back, Simon’. 4. In December 1929, under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore session of Congress formalized the demand of “Purna Swaraj”or full independence for India. 5. It was declared that 26 January 1930 would be celebrated as Independence Day.