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Quaid-i-Azam’s 14 Points

(I)Introduction

(2) Background/ Factors Leading to the Formulation of Jinnah’s 14-


points

(I) The wider Context

(II)Jinnah’s disillusionment towards the course of nationalist politics

(III) The emergence of new challenges for the AIML from the rival
platform

(3) Jinnah’s 14-Points

(4) The Critical Analysis of the 14-Points

(5) The Significance of the 14- Points

(I) Minimum Charter of Muslim demands

(II) Their unifying impact: the divided forces were united.

(III) Remained the focal point of Muslim politics in the decade of 1930’s

(IV) Great act of Jinnah’s statesmanship.

(V) Had/Carried immense constitutional significance

(VI) Represented a paradigmatic shift in Jinnah’s political strategy

(6) Summing Up

(7) The Comparison between the Nehru report and 14-Points

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(I)Introduction

▪Concrete Manifestation of Jinnah’s statesmanship and political


sagacity.
▪They had unifying impact on Muslim politics in the decade of 1930’s as
they contained the “minimum charter of Muslim demands”.
▪Remained the focal point of Muslim politics during the decade of
1930’s.
▪Jinnah by presenting the 14-points tried to overcome the
crisis/impasse created after the rejection of Muslim demands in the
Nehru Report as well as tried to counterpoise the popularity that the
rival platforms of the AIML had gained.

(2) Background/ Factors leading to the Formulation of Jinnah’s 14-


points

(I) The wider Context

▪Foreground the demands/ contextualize the major demands the


Muslims had made or put forward between 1909 and 1928
▪the separate electorate(1909)
▪the conception of the Federal form of Government(1916)
▪the creation new Muslim provinces : 1924—1928
▪the resolutions passed by the annual sessions of the AIML between
1924--1926
▪the demands Muslims had raised in the Delhi Muslim Proposals

(II)Jinnah’s disillusionment towards the course of nationalist politics

▪the negation/ rejection of the amendments Jinnah had proposed in the


Nehru Report..
▪that eventually brought a paradigmatic shift in Jinnah’s strategy..

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(III) The emergence of new challenges for the AIML from the rival
platform

The rise of rival factions of AIML →AIML(Shafi Group)


▪Another formidable challenge came from the All India Muslim
Conference
Sir Shafi presented a charter of demands :
They could challenge the Jinnah League of sole representative of
Muslims ..
(3) Jinnah’s 14-Points

(4) The Critical Analysis of the 14-Points

The Overarching Comparison with Context /background


Themes Shafi’s points (85— ….
87)S.M.Garewal
The nature of Indian One can trace their
Constitution (1) specific context in the
backdrop of
disillusionment that
the Nehru Report had
created/caused.
Provincial Autonomy That was why Jinnah
(First, Second and reverted to the
Fourteenth) demand of separate
electorates.
The rights of The represented a
minorities in India major shift in Jinnah’s
(third, fifth, seventh stance vis-à-vis his
and eighth) policy on the Hindu-
Muslim question.
The demands
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pertaining to specific
safeguards for Muslim
rights and interests.
(4,6,9,10,12, and 13).

(5) The comparison between the Nehru Report and the Fourteen Points

Similarities
Constitutional Documents
Demand: Substantial Constitutional concessions: Desire of Indian to
have Dominion status…
Separation of Sind from Bombay, and Reforms in NWFP and Baluchistan

Differences
(I) Differences over form of government: Both demand Federal
form. But the nature the authors of the documents demanded
was conspicuously different.
(II) Rights of Minorities …
(III) Separate Electorates: Nehru Report outrightly rejected the S.E.
(IV) Separation of Sindh from Bombay:
(V) N.R was not ready to concede the demand of one-third Muslim
representation in the Centre…
(VI) Provincial autonomy: Greater degree of provincial autonomy
was conceded in the Fourteen Points.
(VII) Nehru Report was a more detailed and comprehensive
document. It was full-fledged Constitution framed by Indians.
Fourteen Points, on the other hand, were the minimum Charter
of Muslim demands which Muslims wanted to see incorporated
in any constitution.
(VIII) Nehru rejected the demand of one-third Muslim
representation in the cabinets
(IX) Another issue of divergence was the reservation of seats in
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Punjab and Bengal.
(X) Their perception of Hindu-Muslim Question: N.R(Cultural);
Fourteen Points (Political).
Conclusion:

Approach: Nehru report (Doctrinaire) 14 Points (Pragmatic).


Nehru report wanted to appease extremist Hindus they ignored/set
aside the larger issue of Hindu-Muslim unity.
It forced/ compelled Jinnah to react sharply…
Difference in political perspectives :
(6) the Significance of the Fourteen Points

(I)Minimum Charter of Muslim


Demands
(II) Unifying impact; p.89
divided forces were united.
(III) Remained the focal point of
Muslim politics. Till demands
made in the L.R...
(IV) Great act of Jinnah’s He was able to diffuse/ counter-
statesmanship. (89—90) poise the influence of the rival
platforms of AIML.
(V) the represented a paradigmatic
shift in the Muslim politics.
(VI) They carried great Reflection of their influence in the
constitutional significance: (90— next stages of the Constitutional
91). advancement/developments in
India.
(VI) they enabled Muslim to
launched/wage the struggle for
the rights of Muslims on firm
footings. (p.90)
Summing UP…

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(I) Act of Jinnah’s statesmanship.
(II) Also highlighted disillusionment that Q.A. felt after rejection of
Muslim demands in the N.R.
(III) The made it abundantly clear that the political trajectories
[figurative] of Hindus and Muslims were conspicuously
different/ at poles apart.
(IV) Paradigmatic shift in the Muslim politics

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