HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Decision to launch a programme of civil disobedience
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Complete independence (Poorna Swaraj) as the goal of the Indian National Congress
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Decision to observe Januazy 26 as the Poorna Swaraj Day
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To treat the communal problem as a national issue
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jawaharlal Nehru, who was nominated the president for the Lahore session of the Congress (December 1929). The following major decisions were taken at the Lahore session. The Round Table Conference was to be boycotted. Hence, Option 3 is NOT a decision taken at Lahore Session.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1929 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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The flag of India was hoisted by Jawaharlal Nehru on 31 December 1929 on the banks of Ravi river, in Lahore. The Congress asked the people of India to observe 26 January as Independence Day (see Legacy).
Detailed explanation-4: -(i) In Dec. 1929, under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore Congress formalised the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ or complete independence. (ii) It was declared that 26th Jan. 1930 would be celebrated as the independence day when people were to take a pledge to struggle for independence.