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.

Note

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.

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• 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.