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Download Solution PDFOn 31st December 1929, in which of the following Congress Sessions was the proclamation of Purna Swaraj made?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is option 3 i.e. Lahore.
Lahore session 1929
In 1928, for the first time, a constitution for India was drafted by Nehru Committee that was headed by Moti Lal Nehru. A year later, in the Lahore session of December 1929, Congress passed the Poorna Swaraj resolution. It was the same session in which Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as president of the Congress mainly due to Gandhi’s backing.
Salient features of Lahore session 1929
- The Round Table Conference to be boycotted.
- Poorna Swaraj or Complete independence was declared as the aim of the Congress.
- Congress Working Committee was authorized to launch a programme of civil disobedience including non-payment of taxes and all members of legislatures asked to resign their seats.
- On 31 December 1929, the newly adopted tricolour flag was unfurled.
- 26 January was fixed as India’s Independence Day, which was to be celebrated every year.
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