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Jan. Ruttie and Mohammed Ali Jinnah separated.
Jan. 2. In a statement, termed the Calcutta (1927) All India Muslim League a "great success"—more successful than any "since 1913 except the one in Lucknow in 1916".
Jan. 11. On learning of Simon Commission's impending arrival in India, said in a statement that "India can not participate in this policy and cannot share in the work of the Commission... because it is a complete negation of India's status as partner".
Jan. 21. In a public meeting, described the institution of the Royal Commission as a Government trick to carry off the stakes. Suggested boycott of Simon Commission.
Jan. 30. Addressing a big gathering at Poona said the formation of Simon Commission was perplexed by the Secretary Of State, with decisions already taken. Urged the public to boycott the Commission.
Feb. 2. Attended the Delhi session of the Indian Legislative Assembly, opened by Viceroy, who requested the legislators to cooperate with the Simon Commission.
Feb. 6. Voted against amendment in clause 8 of Gold Standard and Reserve Bank of India Bill; it was adopted with amendment.
Feb. 8. Continued participation in debate on Gold Standard and Reserve Bank of India Bill.
Feb. 9. Spoke on motion by Moulvi Mohammed Yakub, on Select Committee to consider Indian Succession (Amendment) Bill, which aimed at removing conflict of rulings between Allahabad and Calcutta HE.
Feb. 10. During debate in Indian Legislative Assembly, on Gold Standard and Reserve Bank of India Bill, corrected Leader of the House that Government had pledged to set up a State Bank; spoke on formation and constitution of Board of Government of the Bank.
Feb. 11. In spite of general opposition to Sir Bhupendra Nath Mitra's Trade Disputes Bill, spoke in favor of the principle underlying it and proposed that it be referred to Select Committee, saying, "A majority of the members may go wrong—it can certainly go mad—the majority may or may not approve of all the principles of this gill. But personally, ... if I were to give my vote in favor of this Bill, I should be accepting all the principles underlying this Bill...."
Feb. 16. In Indian Legislative Assembly, voted for adjourning discussion on Ram Narayan Singh's Resolution regarding establishment of Supreme Court in India.
Participated in Assembly debate on Lala Lajpat Rai's Resolution regarding Statutory Commission Pleaded cause of Indian freedom
Feb. 18. Continued participation in discussion on Resolution regarding Statutory Commission.
Feb. 20. Appointed by Assembly President on panel of Chairman, which consisted of four members of the House. Voted on clause 2 of Indian Income Tax (Amendment) Bill moved for consideration along with Select Committee's Report on it.
On Simon Commission's arrival in Bombay, issued a statement in which he criticized the Commission and appealed to all political organizations to unite.
Spoke and voted against Indian Navy (Discipline) Bill; moved for referring it to Select Committee, by G.M. Young.
Feb.23. Voted for adoption of M .R. Jayakar's resolution on Depressed Classes, which desired Governor General to direct all local Government to provide special facilities for education of untouchables and other depressed classes and for opening all public services to them specially the police, was negative.
Feb.26. Presided over All India Muslim League Council meeting which considered the Resolution passed in a Conference organized by Indian National Congress Working Committee In view of the situation created by Hindu Mahasabha, called a special meeting on 5 March. Mohammed Ali Jinnah requested all the invitees to attend and determine upon united action regarding the question of representation and safeguards for Muslim in any future constitution. As the Delhi Muslim Proposals (1927) were neither acceptable to Hindu Mahasabha nor to a large number of Muslim, the All India Muslim League Council decided to adopt the All India Muslim League Resolution of 1924, 1925 and 1926.
Called a special Council meeting on 5 March. Requested all leading Muslim to attend and determine upon united action regarding the question of representation and safeguards for Muslim in any future constitution.
Feb. Attended All-Parties Conference, Calcutta.
March. 6. Presided over All India Muslim League Council meeting which passed a Resolution rejecting the draft formula adopted by the All-Parties Committee as it was not in accordance with the Delhi proposals and appointing a Committee to confer with and elicit support of other parties on Delhi Muslim Proposals.
March 7. In Indian Legislative Assembly, expressed sorrow on the death of Lord Sachehidananda Sinha.
March 8. Participating in the Indian Legislative Assembly debate on the General Budget said, "it does not require brains to produce a surplus. You have (only) to tax."
Moved an adjournment motion as a protest against the Government policy towards Indianization of the Army, as delineated in Congress -In-Congress's speech; motion adopted by 41 to 17 votes.
Said that he served on Sandhurst Committee for fourteen months and its report under consideration was prepared unanimously. Criticized the Government for wasting the labors of the Committee by just shelving the report and not allowing it to be published.
Participated in All-Parties Committee meeting and presented All India Muslim League Council's proposals.
March 10. Asked Government benches, in Assembly, about the date when they were going to introduce reforms in Northwest Frontier Province. Moved an adjournment motion to discuss. Sandhurst Committee Report and Congress -In-Congress's 8 March 1928 announcement, in Assembly; motion adopted. Spoke on Indianisation of Army, and establishing a training college for Indian officers at Sandhurst; his plea accepted by the House.
March 11. All India Muslim League nominees, including Mohammed Ali Jinnah, withdrew from the All-Parties Committee when Mahasabha refused to change its stand on the quantum of Muslim representation in majority prove.
March 12. Criticized Anglo-Hindu attitude towards Muslim, while speaking in Assembly on General Budget and constitutional reforms; also criticized Motilal Nehru's plea that Nehru Report was accepted by men of all shades of opinion.
March 13. Attended dinner at Viceregal Lodge and had a brief talk on the Simon Commission.
In Indian Legislative Assembly, supported Motilal Nehru's Resolution seeking reduction of miscellaneous grant by Rs.3, 40,000, being earmarked to meet expenditures in respect of Simon Commission
Speaking on Bray Committee Report asked Government to abandon policy of playing one party against the other.
Voted in favor of motion demanding that under head, "Expenditure in England—Secretary Of State for India", be reduced by RS. 1; motion accepted.
March 14. Participating in debate on the Budget, inter alia, pleaded for introduction of reforms in North West Frontier Province; urged that at least a beginning should be made in that direction. Also participated in debate on other items of the Budget.
March 15. Continued participation in Budget discussion and voted for reduction of Army grant.
March 30. Returned to Bombay; found that his wife Ruttie had moved from their home to Hotel Taj Mahal, renting a suite there by month. Kanji Dwarkadas helped Ruttie in shifting herself to Hotel.
April 3. Left for England.
April 10. Ruttie followed him; sailed on P&O for Paris, along with her mother.
May 5. Left for London by Secretary Of State Rajputana. Srinivasa Iyengar and Dewan Chiman Lal were also traveling with him.
June 25. In an interview, said that the acceptance of certain Punjab demands by the Simon Commission was no great concession to Indians, and that procedural amendments did not put the Indian Section on a par with its British components.
Aug. 2. Motilal Nehru sent him proofs of his Committee's. Report. Said that due to a misunderstanding Shuaib Quraishi had been trying to back out of the informal Conference. Resolution hence he, along with Tej Bahadur Sapru, had a meeting with Ali Imam at Patna Requested Mohammed Ali Jinnah to reach Lucknow on 29 morning.
Oct. 5. Received a letter from Ruttie, C/o Secretary Of State Rajpmana, at Marseilles, saying that she had loved him with all the tenderness of heart without any lust. Requested him to remember her as the flower he plucked and not the flower he treated upon.
Oct. 12. Sailed for India by Secretary Of State Zarmik from London.
Oct. 20. In a letter to Nehru, said that he had not gone through the Nehru Report fully but he felt that "much water has run down the Hoogly" since its publication.
Oct. 26. Returned to India after a six-month long visit to Europe. On arrival at Bombay, called on Muslim to "organize and stand united" and "press every reasonable point for the protection of their community". Said, the road to Indian freedom lay in Hindu -Muslim unity.
Refused to commit himself on the Nehru Report either way.
Nov. 2-3. Told a press Representative that he was not attending the Nehru Committee meeting on 5 Nov.
Appealed to the All India Muslim League Council members to attend the Council 12 Nov. meeting positively or send in their written opinion.
Nov. 12. Presided over All India Muslim League Council meeting at Ganga Prasad Varma Memorial Hall, Lucknow, to discuss the Nehru Report; 50 members were present including Raja of Mahmudabad, Ali Imam, Dr. Kitchlew, Shafi Daudi, Abul Kalam Azad and Shaukat Ali. Council decided to defer discussion on the Nehru Report to the Calcutta All India Muslim League session.
Nov. 14. In an interview to API, said that the All India Muslim League was not officially represented at the All-Parties' Conference at Lucknow, and that unless the All India Muslim League endorsed the principles underlying the Nehru Report, no "useful purpose" would be served by the All India Muslim League Council sending delegates to the Convention.
Nov. 23. Presided over All India Muslim League Council meeting at Bombay, which discussed the Nehru Report.
Nov. 25. Asked All India Muslim League Secretaries in a letter whether the All India Muslim League had formulated any definite proposals regarding Nehru Report.
Nov. 29. Secretary of All-Parties Muslim Conference informed him about the aims and objects of the Conference to which about 600 reps. were invited.
Nov. 30. Presided over All India Muslim League Council meeting at Bombay, which rejected the Nehru Report as being devoid of any guarantee of Muslim rights and obligations.
Dec. 9. Said in a statement that he could not attend All-Parties National Convention at Calcutta until All India Muslim League Council had discussed the Nehru Report and gave him a mandate for attending the Convention.
Dec. 13. Sent a statement to the press on the proposed Conference at Delhi on 16 Dec.
In a letter to Shafi, sought to know the purpose of the consultative Conference Said that such a Conference should be held before All India Muslim League's scheduled session in Calcutta.
Dec. 15. Commenting on the "fictitious" welcome given to Simon Commission under the protection of the police, advised Provincial Government authorities and the Viceroy to stop such a "show". Appealed to the public not to take law in hand and avoid confrontation with Government.
Dec. 22. Speaking on behalf of 24 Member of All India Muslim League deputation presented Muslim viewpoint at All-Parties National Convention, Calcutta.
Dec. 26-31. All India Muslim League session met at Calcutta under the Raja of Mahmudabad's presidentship. After an acrimonious debate on 27 Dec., a23 Member delegation under Mohammed Ali Jinnah's leadership was nominated to present the All India Muslim League proposals at the All-Parties National Convention called by The Indian National Congress to consider and adopt the Nehru Report. During discussions, when Maulana Zafar Ali Khan called those who differed with the Resolution as toadies, said "it was not desirable for a All India Muslim League Member to make serious allegations against a Section of certain Muslim ".
On 28 Dec. he presented six Muslim demands at the Convention; they were put forward jointly by Sherwani and himself on behalf of the Central Khilafat Committee and All India Muslim League respectively. Of these, the four basic ones were: (i) one-third representation for Muslim at the center; (ii) reservation of seats for Muslim on a population basis in the Punjab and Bengal for ten years, in the event of adult suffrage not being introduced; (iii) the vesting of residuary powers with the province and a revision of the powers assigned to the center and the province with a view to ensuring a genuine Federation / Federal (iv) that the separation of Sindh not be dependent upon the implementation of the Nehru Report.
His amendments were negative by the Convention, dominated by Hindu Mahasabha and Sikh All India Muslim League one by one. Jayakar questioned his credentials to speak on behalf of Muslim and Sapru called him a "spoilt child".
Despite the stout opposition, his proposals had evoked, he made an extremely "conciliatory" and "persuasive" speech, appealing to the Convention "not as a Muslim but as an Indian": Said what we want is that Hindu and Muslim should march together until our object is obtained. Therefore, it is essential that you must get not only the All India Muslim League but also the Muslim of India.... Do you want or do you not want the Muslim India to go along with you?.... Minorities cannot give anything to the majority. It is, therefore, no use asking me not to press for what you call these small points.... If they are small points, why not concede? It is up to the majority and majority alone can give."
On Dec. 30, presided over the resumed session of the All India Muslim League in the absence of Raja of Mahmudabad, the session was adjourned sine die to be called before the end of May 1929.
Held an informal meeting with All India Muslim League Council members to consider the situation created by the refusal of the Convention to concede the Muslim demands presented by him.
Dec. 31-1928 Jan. 1, 1929. Muslim opposition to the Nehru Report climaxed in the All Parties Muslim Conference at Delhi under Aga Khan's presidentship. It was the most Representative Muslim gathering and included representative of Muslim India's entire political spectrum, except for the "nationalist" Muslim and the core League leaders. Shafi, the leading architect of the APMC, asserted that they would also have been "shouted down and. similarly treated if we had joined" the League at the National Convention at Calcutta; and that "it is far better to ... demand from the British Parliament/Parliamentary that these rights must be granted to us and that so long as these are not granted we shall not accept any constitution".
In a lengthy Resolution, APMC demanded a Federation / Federal system of Government with full Provincial autonomy and residuary powers vested in the constituent units; separate electorates; weightage for Muslim in the Hindu majority province while conceding it to non-Muslim in Sindh, the North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan; one third representation at the center; "double vote" clause; statutory majorities in the Muslim majority province and existing Muslim representation in the minority prove.; separation of Sindh; introduction of reforms in the North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan; adequate safeguards for protection and promotion of Muslim education, languages, religion, personal law, and charitable institutions, adequate share for Muslim "along with other Indians in all services of the State and on all statutory self-governing bodies having due regard to the requirement of efficiency".