Fourteen Points of Jinnah

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The Fourteen Points of Jinnah, also known as Jinnah's Fourteen Points, was a political proposal, presented in 1929, by Muhammad Ali Jinnah for future constitutional reforms in British Raj. They constituted the Muslim League's response to the Nehru report with demands to safeguard Muslim political rights in India. It consisted of the four Delhi proposals, the three Calcutta amendments, demands for the continuation of separate electorates and reservation of seats for Muslims in government services and self-governing bodies. In 1928, an All Parties Conference was convened in reaction to the Simon Commission appointed to discuss parliamentary reform in British Raj. A committee was set up under Motilal Nehru which prepared the "Nehru Report". This report demanded "Dominion Status" for British India. Separate electorates were refused and the reservation of seats for the Muslims of Bengal and Punjab was rejected. The Nehru Report did not uphold a single demand of the Muslim League. In reaction...

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