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Q48 (CDS-II/2011) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Constitutional plans and missions Answer Verified

The first effort at drafting a Dominion Status Constitution for India was made in response to the

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The first major Indian effort to draft a constitution for a Dominion Status India was the Nehru Report of 1928 [1][t1]. This initiative was a direct response to the appointment of the all-white Simon Commission in 1927, which Indians boycotted because it lacked Indian representation [c1][t5]. In response to the commission and a challenge by Secretary of State Lord Birkenhead for Indians to produce a consensus-based constitutional scheme, an All-Parties Conference appointed a committee headed by Motilal Nehru [t5][t8]. The resulting Nehru Report recommended dominion status, joint electorates with reserved seats for minorities, and a list of fundamental rights [c1][c4]. While younger leaders like Jawaharlal Nehru and Subhash Bose later pushed for 'Purna Swaraj' (complete independence), the 1928 report remains the landmark first attempt at a self-drafted dominion constitution [c3][t7].

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  1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 18: Simon Commission and the Nehru Report > Simon Commission > p. 365
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