INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which Session, Congress demanded ‘Poorna Swaraj’?
A
Kanpur Session 1925
B
Lahore Session 1929
C
Calcutta Session 1917
D
Lucknow Session 1916
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -They were supported in their stand by a large number of rank-and-file Congressmen. In December 1929, Congress session was held in Lahore and Mahatma Gandhi proposed a resolution that called for the British to grant dominion status to India within two years.

Detailed explanation-2: -In line with this, the Indian National Congress demanded full Independence or Purna Swaraj on 19th December 1929 at the Lahore session. Public declaration regarding this resolution of Purna Swaraj was made by the Indian National Congress on 26 January 1930.

Detailed explanation-3: -In December 1929, under the Presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ or full independence for India.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Congress session was held at Lahore in 1929. This session was very significant because in this Lahore session the prominent party Indian National Congress, took the resolution of Poorna Swaraj or complete independence.

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