​Lahore Session of 1929 (Poorna Swaraj)

Gandhi came back to active politics and attended the Calcutta Session of the Congress in December 1928. He now began to consolidate the nationalist ranks.

  • The first step was to reconcile the militant left-wing of the congress. Jawaharlal Nehru was now made the President of the Congress at the historic Lahore Session of 1929.
  • The Lahore Session of the congress gave voice to the new, militant spirit. It passed a resolution declaring Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) to be the Congress’ objective.
  • On 31st December 1929, it hoisted the newly adopted tri-colour flag of freedom. Moreover, 26th January 1930 was fixed as the first ....
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