INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In what session did Congress declared complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj) as its goal?
A
Lahore session held in 1929
B
Madras session held in 1927
C
Ahmadabad session held in 1921
D
Gaya session held in 1922
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Remarks. The Indian National Congress, on 19 December 1929, passed the historic ‘Purna Swaraj’ – (total independence) resolution – at its Lahore session. A public declaration was made on 26 January 1930 – a day which the Congress Party urged Indians to celebrate as ‘Independence Day’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian National Congress passed the Purna Swaraj resolution in its Lahore session on 26th December 1929.

Detailed explanation-3: -It was at the 1929 Lahore session when Congress Party President Nehru declared January 26, 1930, as the date when India would get full freedom or “Purna Swaraj” It was agreed that January 26 would be celebrated as Independence Day but sadly, on August 15, 1947, we got our real freedom.

Detailed explanation-4: -Swaraj was first articulated, in the presidential address of Dadabhai Naoroji, as the Congress’s goal at its Calcutta session in 1906.

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