Nehru Report

(1)Introduction

(2)The Factors leading to the Formation of Nehru Committee

(3) The convening of the All Parties Conference

(4) The Nehru Report: Its Salient Features

(5)Nehru Report: Immediate Reaction

(6) The efforts /Initiatives of Political Parties of Muslims to incorporate Changes in the Nehru
Report

(7)The Calcutta Convention and the presentation of Muslim demands

(8)The reaction of Indian Leaders

(9)The Intransigent Attitude of Nehru Committee and Jinnah’s Reaction

(10) The impact of Nehru Report on Hindu—Muslim Relations

(11) Why Nehru Report failed to accommodate Muslim demands?

(12) Summing Up /

(1)Introduction
Begin with It was the first It had But on the It caused The
over all effort on the substantial other hand it disillusionment outright of
significance part of Indians impact on disastrously among the rejection
to frame their subsequent affected Liberal and of Muslim
own efforts of Hindu— Moderate demands
Constitution. constitution Muslim Muslim and in the
making. relations. led to split Report
between the marked
staunch the
supporters of beginning
Hindu— of the
Muslim unity process
and the that
nationalists. culminated
Jinnah’s 14 in the
Points were partition

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 evident proof of India,
of widening
gulf between
the two
communities
(2)The Factors leading to the Formation of Nehru Committee

▪The Efforts of the ▪The Boycott of Simon ▪ The convening of the ▪The approach
protagonists to bring Commission and Lord All Parties Conference led to the
rapporoachment Brinken Head’s formation of the
between Hindus and Challenge The Nehru
Muslims. Committee...
▪the demands of AIML’s ▪1927: .... boycotted by All parties conference ▪Facts: ....
sessions between 1924 Indian parties was invented in Delhi in ▪The
and 1926. ▪Shafi Group.... January/ constitution
▪Efforts of Jinnah ▪ Brinken Head ▪12 February and 11 framed by the
▪Moti Lal Nehru and described their March Nehru
other leaders... nationalism as No agreement was Committee
▪These developments destructive however reached. came to be
provided impetus ▪He openly challenged Unable to resolve the known as the
behind drafting of the Indian to frame differences between the Nehru Report...
Delhi-Muslim proposals their constitution AIML on one hand and
▪The encouraging ▪Once again he Hindu Maha Sabha and
reaction of Congress challenged Indian Sikhs on the other.
leaders nationalism.... ▪The next meeting of
the Conference was
held in Bombay on 19
May,1928 but no
Muslim League
representative attended
it.
▪Apprehensions...
▪On Shaukat Ali’s
suggestion/ they
decided to adopt a
different course...

(3) The convening of the All Parties Conference

(4) The Nehru Report: Its Salient Feature

▪Dominion Status “...not as a remote stage of our evolution but

the next immediate step”.

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 ▪Bicameral legislature House of Representative consisting of 500
members
Lower House: 200 on the basis of specific
number of seats being allotted to each
province on the basis of population.
▪Adult franchise
▪The residuary power to Centre
▪Introduction of Joint Electorates
▪the refusal to reserve seats for any Nehru report’s approach to the communal
community in Punjab and Bengal.. problem..
▪the repudiation of the principle of “on the ground that a minority must remain a
“Weightage” minority whether any seats are reserved for it
or not...”
▪ ▪it rejected the Muslim plea that their
community should dominate in at least some
parts of India”.
Clauses/Provisions related to Muslims ▪rejection of separate electorates...
▪Separation approval to the issue of
separation of Sindh from Bombay, p.191
▪Reforms in NWFP and Baluchistan
▪the rejection of 1/3 Muslim representation in
the Central Legislature ...
(5)Nehru Report: Immediate Reaction

The All Parties Maulana Shaukat Mohammad Ali Agha Khan Jinnah
Khilafat Ali 194 K.B.Sayeed... Towards
Committee (A.Saeed.... ) Pakistan ...

(6) The efforts /Initiatives of Political Parties of Muslims to incorporate Changes in the Nehru
Report

All India Muslim League : AIML made certain All Parties Muslim Conference
suggestions ( four amendments)
6.1 Important Developments prior to the holding of All Parties Conference

AIML:twenty three All India Khilafat All Parties Conference: Jinnah decided to
member committee Committee : A sub-committee of fight his case
Forty-five members thirty seven members before the open
committee All four amendments session of the
were rejected by Convention...
committee

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The Central Khilafat Committee also decided to attend All parties Conference ...

(7)The Calcutta Convention and the presentation of Muslim demands

▪Jinnah put How to address

amendments before minorities fears ?
the open session...

(8)The reaction of Indian Leaders

▪Tej Bahadur Sapru ▪Jaykar Congress

The leader of the Waheed-uz-Zaman
Liberal federation
▪Jamil-ud-Din Ahmed