Nehru Report (1928)
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NEHRU REPORT (1928) 2. There should be federal system of
government: residuary powers lying with the
When the Simon Commission failed centre.
miserably, there was no substitute for the British 3. India should have a parliamentary s item of
government but to invite the Indians to draft a government headed by a Prime Minister arid
constitution For themselves. They understood that the six other ministers designated by the
two main parties, the Congress and the Muslim Governor-General
League, had serious difference of opinions. Lord 4. The legislature should be bicameral.
Birkenhead. Secretary of State for Indian Affairs, 5. There should be no separate electorates for any
threw the ball in the Indian politicians' court and community.
invited them to plan of the future action to which both 6. The proposal of reservation for the minorities
Hindus and Muslims would agree. The Indian leaders was as bad as that of separate electorates.
took the opportunity and the All parries Conference 7. Reservation of seats for Muslims could be
was summoned at Delhi in January 1928. Over a possible in provinces where Muslim
hundred representatives of almost all the parties of population was at least 10 per cent of the total,
India participated in the conference. However, the but this was to be in strict proportion to the
leaders could not arrive at any consensus. The biggest size of the community.
obstruction was the issue of the rights of the 8. Muslims should be given one-fourth
minorities. Another meeting of the All Parties representation in the Central Legislature.
Conference took place in the month of March. The 9. Sindh should be separated from Mumbai only
leaders once again could not resolve their differences it the committee approved that it was
and did not reach a conclusion. The sub¬committees financially self-reliant.
too proved a failure because of the difference in 10. The North-West Frontier Province should be
opinions of die Congress and the Muslim League given a complete provincial status.
11. A new Kanarese speaking province,
The meeting of the All Parties Conference was
Karnataka, should be established in South
conducted for the third time in Mumbai on 19 May
India.
1928 There was no prospect of an agreed constitution.
12. Hindi should be made the official language of
It was decided that a small committee should be
India.
appointed to look into the details of the constitution.
13. Provision of Fundamental Rights tor the
Jawaharlal Nehru was appointed the head of this
people of India in the Constitution.
committee. The committee included nine other
members including two Muslim League
representatives, Syed Ali Imam and Shoaib Qureshi.
The committee worked for 3 months at Allahabad and Evnets that Unfolded after Nehru Report
the memorandum that it presented was known as the Despite opposition from the Muslim League, the
Nehru Report The report suggested that a Declaration Congress government with a disobedience movement
of Rights should be included in the constitution if the Nehru Report was not implemented into the
making sure complete liberty of conscience and Government of India December 1929. This attitude of
religion. the Congress ploved to be pivotal in the partition of
India, it also proved to be a turning point in the life of
The following were the recommendations put
Mohammad Ali Jinnah. After reading the Nehru
forward by the Nehru Report:
Report, Jinnah announced a 'parting of the ways'.
1. India should be accorded the status of a
dominion.
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Muslim League's Reaction to Nehru Report
The recommendationsf of the Nehru Report were not accepted by the Muslim League. Jinnah
claimed it to be going against the interests pi the Muslim community on account of rejection of separate
electorates. He had expected the report to take into account the Delhi Proposals fully. The Muslim League
had been asking for one-third representation at the centre while the Nehru Committee gave them only one-
fourth representation. Though both the demands uf the Muslim League were considered in the Nehru
Report, they were incomplete. It was said that Sindh should be separated from Mumbai but the condition of
self-economy was also put forward. It demanded constitutional reforms in the North-West Frontier Province
but Baluchistan was overlooked in the report
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