Nehru report

4. "The Nehru Report was not less than a document of slavery for the Muslims". Discuss.
Q.3. Examine those provisions of Nehru Report which effected the Muslims. What was the
Muslim Reaction to those proposals?

3. "Nehru Report proved a blessing in disguise for the muslims". Discuss.

1. "The Nehru Report struck the last nail in the coffin of Hindu-Muslim Unity." Elucidate the
statement by giving the clauses of the Nehru Report which were unacceptable to the Indian
Muslims and vehemently opposed by the Muslim leaders and Muslim political organizations.

Q5. Examine those provisions o Nehru Report which affected Muslims.

What was the Muslim response to these provisions?

TheNehru Report of 15 August 1928 (approved on 28 August) was a

memorandum to appeal for a new dominion status and a federal set-up of
government for the constitution of India

In November 1927, the British government appointed the Simon Commission to

review the working of the Government of India Act 1919 and propose
constitutional reforms for India.

The Commission did not have a single Indian member which irked leaders of the
nationalist movement.

While the British acknowledged the discontent, it did not change the composition
of the Commission and instead asked Indians to prove that they could draw up a
constitution themselves.

A similar challenge was made in 1925 by Lord Birkenhead, then Secretary of

State for India, in the House of Lords
 As a result, Leaders of the nationalist movement responded to the
challenge by drafting theNehru Report 1928
 In December 1927, at its Madras session, the Indian National Congress
set up an All Parties Conference to draft a Constitution for India
o On May 19, 1928 at its meeting at Bombay, the All Parties
Conference appointed a committee with Motilal Nehru as its
chairman