The Fourteen Points of Quaid-e-Azam

The Fourteen Points of Quaid-e-Azam were designed to protect the constitutional rights of
Muslims who lived in India. This presentation was given in March 1929. The main ideas of the
Fourteen Points are presented below.
1. The form of the future constitution should be federal.
2. Provinces should be autonomous.
3. Minorities should be represented on elected bodies such as the legislature.
4. Muslim representation should not be less than one-third of the Central Legislature.
5. Communal groups should have representation by means of separate electorate unless they
decide otherwise.
6. Muslim majorities shouldn’t be impacted in the Punjab, Bengal, and the North West Frontier
Province by the distribution of land.
7. Religious freedom must exist.
8. No bill should be passed if three-fourths of a community opposes a bill.
9. Sindh should be separate from the Bombay Presidency.
10. Reforms in the North West Frontier Province and Baluchistan should be introduced in the
same manner as reforms in other provinces.
11. The constitution should ensure that Muslims and other Indians have a share in the services
of the state and local governments.
12. Muslim culture and ways of life must be protected.
13. The cabinet should have at least one-third Muslim ministers.
14. The Central Legislature shouldn’t be able to change the constitution unless the states
approve.