Lahore Session of Congress, Proposal of Complete Independence (1929)

Total Questions: 22

21. The Poorna Swaraj Resolution adopted at the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress was moved by: [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2009]

Correct Answer: (b) J.L. Nehru
Solution:The Poorna Swaraj Resolution was prepared and presented by  Jawaharlal Nehru at Lahore Session of Indian National Congress. During his President speech, he said that 'today we have only one target, the target of Independence.

Independence for us is  complete Independence'. The Nehru Report was rejected in this session which only sought for Dominion status for India.

22. Which of the following was not included in the resolutions of Lahore Session of Congress in 1929? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Spl) (Mains) 2010]

Correct Answer: (b) Declaration of complete independence
Solution:The resolutions proposed by the Indian National Congress on December 31, 1929, consisted of the following points: (1) There is no benefit from the Round Table Conference.
(2) The plan of Dominion status of India has been renounced.
(3) The word 'Swaraj' means Complete Independence.
(4) All India Congress, whenever it considers appropriate, will start a Civil Disobedience Movement.

Abolition of Untouchability was not mentioned in the proposal. The Round Table Conference can be considered as India’s foreign policy, as the British Government only had the right to make foreign policy for India. It was primarily passed in the Congress session of 1921 that there must be a foreign policy for India.