Nehru Report

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The Nehru Report was a 1928 constitutional reform proposal for India that outlined a dominion-style self-government framework and became a key milestone in the Indian independence movement.

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Nehru Report canonical 6
Nehru Report of 1928 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional reform proposal ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
political document ⓘ
adoptedAt All Parties Conference in Lucknow ⓘ
author Motilal Nehru ⓘ
chairpersonOfDraftingCommittee Motilal Nehru ⓘ
commissionedBy All Parties Conference ⓘ
country India ⓘ
criticizedBy Muhammad Ali Jinnah ⓘ
date 1928 ⓘ
draftedBy All Parties Conference ⓘ
followedBy Jinnah’s Fourteen Points ⓘ
historicalContext response to Simon Commission ⓘ
influenced Indian constitutional debates ⓘ
demand for complete independence in India ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location British India ⓘ
mainSubject Indian independence movement ⓘ
constitutional reform ⓘ
self-government ⓘ
namedAfter Motilal Nehru ⓘ
opposedBy All-India Muslim League ⓘ
politicalAlignment Indian National Congress leadership ⓘ
positionOnFederalism proposed federal structure with strong center ⓘ
positionOnReligion advocated secular state ⓘ
positionOnSeparateElectorates rejected separate electorates for religious communities ⓘ
proposedFormOfGovernment parliamentary system ⓘ
proposedFranchise adult suffrage in stages ⓘ
universal adult franchise as ultimate goal ⓘ
proposedFundamentalRights equality before law ⓘ
freedom of association ⓘ
freedom of conscience ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
guarantee of fundamental rights ⓘ
protection of minority rights ⓘ
proposedHeadOfState Governor-General ⓘ
proposedJudiciary independent judiciary ⓘ
proposedLegislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
proposedMinoritySafeguards adequate representation of minorities in legislatures ⓘ
cultural and educational rights for minorities ⓘ
proposedPoliticalStatus dominion status within the British Empire ⓘ
proposedRightsProtection justiciable fundamental rights ⓘ
relatedTo Indian independence movement ⓘ
Jinnah’s Fourteen Points ⓘ
Simon Commission ⓘ
significance first major Indian-authored constitutional draft for India ⓘ
key milestone in the Indian independence movement ⓘ
yearOfAdoption 1928 ⓘ

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Motilal Nehru → notableWork → Nehru Report ⓘ
Motilal Nehru → drafted → Nehru Report of 1928 ⓘ
linked to: Nehru Report
Motilal Nehru → notableWork → Nehru Report ⓘ
subject linked to: Motilal
Fourteen Points of Jinnah → follows → Nehru Report ⓘ
All Parties Conference → hasOutcome → Nehru Report ⓘ