9.9 The Nehru Report

The Nehru Report

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Nehru Report (August 1928)

Main Recommendations were

  • Dominion Status like Canada, Australia.
  • Rejection of separate electorates but reserved seats.
  • Linguistic Provinces.
  • 19 Fundamental rights ex equal rights for women, universal suffrage etc.
  • Resp gov at centre and provinces.
  • IN parliament at centre to have 500 mem reps tenure 5yrs and 7yrs for Senate.
  • Full protection of cultural and religious interest of Muslims
  • Complete dissociation of State from religion.
**Dominion Status** : It implied giving a semi autonomous status to India and not full independence where India would still accept British sovereignty and British monarch as the head of the state. 
- It implied working as autonomous British entities within the British Empire.
- It was a constitutional term used to signify an independent Commonwealth realm.
  • conservative gov believed that IN not able to formulate a path towards further constitutional reforms.
  • Jinnah unhappy with this put forward his 14 points.
  • Young leftists like J Nehru wanted complete independence instead of dominion status.
  • Gandhiji did not want to give away the demand for Dominion status. He gave the gov 1 year time to accept the demands or a CDM would be launched.
  • Compromise resolution of MG passed, complete inde Bose lost.
  • Brown : MG wanted to assume leadership on own terms.
  • Second resolution MG.
    • Detailed program of constructive work, removal untouch, boycott foreign cloth, khadi, temperance, village reconstruction, removal of disabilities of women.