The table is not available, but a census officer's 1927 field notes state that Muslims were majorities in Punjab and Bengal but minorities across much of In...
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The table is not available, but a census officer's 1927 field notes state that Muslims were majorities in Punjab and Bengal but minorities across much of India. A constitutional committee is discussing whether a single electoral system would give all communities fair influence. A student must prepare reasons for the Muslim response to the Nehru Report of 1928, which proposed a future Indian constitution.
(a) Identify the Muslim leader who presented a response in the form of Fourteen Points. [1]
(b) Explain three Muslim objections to the Nehru Report. [3]
Answer Details
(a) Muhammad Ali Jinnah [1] (b) Any three: it proposed ending separate electorates [1]; it did not give Muslims adequate provincial representation/weightage [1]; it did not protect Muslim majorities in Punjab and Bengal sufficiently [1]; it supported a strong central government rather than provincial autonomy [1]; it did not meet Muslim demands for safeguards [1]. Max [3]
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