{"id":14516,"date":"2026-05-22T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/?p=14516"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T11:16:31","slug":"nehru-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/blog\/nehru-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Nehru Report (1928): Background, Recommendations, Public Reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Nehru Report<\/strong> was actually the 1st attempt to draft a constitution <\/strong>made by Indians in 1928<\/strong>. It was a direct outcome after the provocation <\/strong>by the British Secretary of State, Lord Birkenhead<\/strong>. He initially thought that the differences of ideologies among Congress, Muslim League and the Princely states would make it practically impossible to form a constitution draft.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The All-party Nehru report was chaired by Motilal Nehru. <\/strong>The report mentioned Dominion Status<\/strong>, Joint Electorates,<\/strong> Fundamental Rights<\/strong> and the Formation of Provinces on the linguistic criteria.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The demand for dominion status <\/strong>by Indians was to form a self-governing rule under British Commonwealth rather than demanding complete independence. It rejected separate electorates and advocated for a Joint electorate with reserved seats for minorities in Central and Province level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Draft mentioned 19 Fundamental Rights<\/strong> including Universal Adult Suffrage above 21 years and Equality before law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Britishers did not accept the report <\/strong>and in retaliation to it, the Congress hoisted the tricolor at Lahore on 31 December 1929<\/strong> and declared January 26 as Independence Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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