Gandhian Era · 26 January 1930
Purna Swaraj Declaration
At the Lahore session (December 1929), under Nehru's presidency, the Congress adopted complete independence as its goal and celebrated 26 January 1930 as Independence Day.
Causes
- Rejection of the Nehru Report's dominion status
- Simon Commission with no Indian members
Consequences
- Launch of Civil Disobedience
- 26 January later chosen as Republic Day
Significance
Changed the national goal to complete freedom.
People
Key terms
Sources
- Bipan Chandra et al., India's Struggle for Independence (Penguin, 1988)
- Sumit Sarkar, Modern India 1885–1947 (Macmillan, 1983)