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1929 CE · movement protest

Purna Swaraj Declaration

At the Lahore session of the Indian National Congress in December 1929, with Jawaharlal Nehru as president, the Congress adopted complete independence — Purna Swaraj — as its goal and authorised a programme of civil disobedience. Congress organisations subsequently observed 26 January 1930 as Independence Day.

Purna Swaraj Declaration
Purna Swaraj Declaration

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