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1. WIDENNING OF GULF BETWEEN
CONGRESS & MUSLIM LEAGUE
(1927-1935)
Lecture no 10

2. Outline
1. Delhi Muslim Proposals (1927)
2. Nehru Report & Jinnah’s 14 Points (1928-29)
3. The Round Table Conferences (1930-32)

3. Delhi Muslim Proposals (1927)
To resolve the constitutional deadlock , a conference was
initiated by Muhammad Ali Jinnah on 20th March 1927 at Delhi.
Demands of Muslims:
• No Separate Electorate.
• No Weihtage
• Sind to be separated from Bombay.
• Constitutional reforms in NWFP and Baluchistan.
• One-third Muslim seats in central legislature.
• On Communal issues no law will be passed if three-fourth
members of concerned community oppose it.
If these demands are accepted, they(Muslims) will give up
separate electorate.

4. Nehru Report(1928)
An All Parties Conference was held at Delhi on 8th March 1928.
A committee was formed under the supervision of Moti Lal Nehru.
The report of this committee is generally known as Nehru Report
published in August 1928.
The report laid down the following proposals.
1. No separate electorate
2. No Weihtage
3. No one-third seats for Muslims in central assembly.
4. No reservation of seats for Muslims in Punjab and Bengal, in
Hindu majority provinces the Muslims may be given seats
according to population.
5. Sindh to be made province if it can bear expanses.
Quaid-e-Aazam tried to get amendments in the report but
Congress denied.

5. Fourteen points of M.A Jinnah (1929)
1. Federal System
2. Provincial Autonomy
3. Adequate and effective representation of minorities
4. One-third Muslim representation in central legislature
5. Separate Electorate
6. Muslim majority provinces
7. Religious liberty
8. Three-fourth representation
9. Separation of Sindh
10. Introduction of reforms in NWFP and Balochistan
11. Quota for Muslims in government jobs
12. Protection of Muslim culture and language
13. One-third Muslim ministers
14. No changes in the constitution

6. Round Table Conference(RTC) 1930-1932
Three round table conferences were a series of meetings
organized by British government and Indian political parties to
solve the constitutional issue of India.
 First Round Table conference (Nov: 1930- Jan: 1931)
• Sir Agha Khan, M.A Jinnah, M.A Jauhar were representing
Muslim league
• Congress was absent
• It was agreed federal system will be introduced in India.

7. Round Table Conference(RTC)
 Second Round Table Conference (Sep-Dec 1931)
• Allama Iqbal, Sir Agha khan and Jinnah were representatives of
Muslim league.
• Gandhi was alone to represent Congress.
• Delegates did not reach on any agreement and conference ended.
 Third Round Table Conference (Nov-Dec 1932)
• Jinnah was not invited in this conference.
• Congress was absent.
• Conference ended without any results.

8. Conclusion
 Efforts of M.A Jinnah for Hindu-Muslim unity became fail.
 Congress, Muslim league and other political parties also took
efforts for the formulation of constitution of Indian but they did
not reach at any consensus.
 Effort of British authorities for consensus over constitutional
deadlock also did not gave any results.