Assignment 1
Department: Management Sciences (Business
Administration)
Course: Pakistan Studies (HUM111)
Submitted To: Sir Waqas Ahsan
Submitted By: Abeer Sultan
Registration No: SP21-BBA-008
REQUIREMENTS:
Describe Nehru report and Quaid’s 14 points in detail by making comparison
between the two.
INTRODUCTION:
The All Parties Conference was organized in 1928 to address India's constitutional
issues. Under the leadership of Pandit Lal Nehru, a committee was formed. The
committee produced a report known as the "Nehru Report." This paper demanded
that India be granted "Dominion Status." Separate electorates were rejected, as was
the reservation of seats for Bengali and Punjabi Muslims. There was not a single
Muslim requirement that was met in this report. Mr. Jinnah was empowered to
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design the basis of any future constitution that was to be devised for India in the
shortest possible time because Nehru was the last word from Hindus. Because
these demands were originally fourteen in number, they were known as "Jinnah's
Fourteen Points." He announced his famous fourteen points at the All India
Muslim League's annual assembly in March 1929.
NEHRU REPORT:
The All-Parties Conference created a committee in 1928 to try to determine certain
ideas that might govern a future Indian constitution. This was partly in response to
British accusations that the Indian Parties, while critical of all British reforms,
couldn't come up with anything better. The committee's other goal was to foreclose
the publishing of the Simon Commission's recommendations by offering their own.
The new committee was chaired by Motilal Nehru, a lawyer and the father of
Jawaharlal Nehru, and included members from several parties, including a Muslim
League member. In 1928, the committee was able to complete the report.
FOURTEEN POINTS OF JINNAH:
One of the positive aspects of the Nehru Report was that it brought together
previously disparate Muslim groups. One of the positive aspects of the Nehru
Report was that it brought together previously split Muslim communities. On
March 28, 1929, members of the Shafi League and the Jinnah League attended a
meeting of the All India Muslim League's council. The Nehru Report was referred
to the Quaid-e-Azam as a Hindu paper, but he believed that simply rejecting it was
insufficient. He made the decision to present an alternative Muslim agenda. Quaid-
e-Azam delivered his famous Fourteen Points during this meeting. The All India
Muslim League's council agreed to fourteen of the Quaid's points. A resolution was
approved stating that no proposal for the future constitution of the Government of
India would be acceptable to Muslims unless and until the Quaid's demands in the
fourteen points were included.
COMPARISONS:
The rejection of separate electorates by the Nehru Committee was the worst
blow, but Quaid-e-Azam was in support of separate Muslim electorates.
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Weightage for minorities was required in 14 points by Muhammad Ali
Jinnah, however Nehru did not compromise with our Quaid in his report.
According to the Nehru report, a strong central government is required.
Quaid-e-Azam, on the other hand, was a firm believer in provincial
autonomy.
Inclusion of Muslims in the cabinet was supported by Jinnah, but it was
opposed by Nehru.
In his report, Nehru mentions 1/4th representation for Muslims in the central
government, notwithstanding Quaid-e-desire Azam's for 1/3rd representation
for Muslims in the central government.
True, the demand for Sindh's separation from Bombay was taken into
account in the Nehru Report, as Jinnah mentions in his 14 points, but the
condition of self-economy was also raised.
CONCLUSION:
The Nehru Report was little more than a Congress pamphlet, and Muslims in the
Subcontinent were outraged. If the Nehru report was not incorporated into the Act
by December 31, 1929, Hindus in Congress threatened the government with civil
disobedience. This Hindu attitude became a watershed moment in the Muslim
liberation movement. It was also a watershed moment in the life of Muhammad Ali
Jinnah. Jinnah announced a 'parting of the ways' after reading the Nehru Report.
The Hindus' underlying bias and narrow-mindedness were mirrored in the Nehru
Report.
