Nehru Report

Constitution drafted for India in 1928. After Indian nationalists rejected the Simon Commission in 1927, an all-party committee was set up, chaired by Motilal Nehru (1861–1931), to map out a constitution. Established to counter British charges that Indians could not find a constitutional consensus among themselves, it advocated that India be given dominion status of complete internal self-government. Many members of the Congress preferred complete independence to dominion status, and in 1929 announced a campaign of civil disobedience to support their demands.