NEHRU REPORT 1928

NEHRU REPORT 1928

In 1927 the Simon Commission was appointed by the British to review the constitutional arrangements for India and suggest changes. However, no Indian was on this Commission which led to the "Simon Go Back" protests in India. The British Government gave the rationale that there was an enormous amount of disunity and disharmony amongst the various groups of India. Hence, Indians had not been included. The Secretary of State, Lord Birkenhead threw a challenge to the Indian leaders to draw up a constitution on which there would be an all-partyconsensus.

In May 1928, an all Party Conference was held which appointed a committee to draft a scheme of the constitution. The members of the committee were M.S. Aney, Shuab Qureshi, Sardar Mangal Singh, G.R. Pradhan, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, Sir Ali Iman and Subhashchandra Bose. The chairman of this committee was Motilal Nehru. Hence the name the Nehru Report.

The Muslim League boycotted this conference.The all parties conference appointed a committee headed by Pandit Moti Lal Nehru to submit a report after considering the principles of a constitution for India.The committee recommended a proposal generally known as "Nehru Report".

IMPORTANT POINTS OF NEHRU REPORT
The main points of Nehru Report are as FOLLOW:
1.The Nehru committee demanded repudiation of separate elections.
2. It demanded the Form of Government at the center would be Federal with substantial powers invested in the control of Government.
3. It recommended the one-fourth Muslim representation at the central legislative.
4. The committee demanded interdiction of reforming Baluchistan and N.W.F.P provinces.
5. The foreign affairs,defense and army should be placed under the control of parliament and viceroy.
6. Unitary form of the Government to establish in the center.
7. Hindi should be the official language.

CONCLUSIONS FROM NEHRU REPORT

1. Nehru’s Recommendations were against the interest of the Muslim Community.
2. The Muslims could not surrender their right to separate electorates.
3. The principles of non-reservation and joint electorates were to make their position in Punjab and Bengal provinces reverse.

REACTIONS TOWARDS NEHRU REPORT

The Nehru Report projected the Hindu leadership mentality ailed at the digestion of the Muslim nation under the cover of one nation in the India-Pakistan Sub Continent.
Since the report was totally against the Muslims,therefore,Muslim league and other Muslim parties of the country rejected it.Quaid-e-Azam said:
"As a young man he had been a keen owner of grey hounds,but he had never grey hounds deal with hare as the Hindus proposed to deal with the Muslims."

IN A NUTSHELL

Thus,the Nehru Report reflected the hostility, mental level and attitude of the Hindus towards the Muslims of India.All its proposals were made disregarding the intrests of the Muslims.This is the very moment when Jinnah remarked, “it is parting of the ways.” Hepresented the 14 points as a Muslim leader