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Question. Explain the significance of the congress session held at Lahore in 1929.
Answer: India’s Constitution went into force on January 26, 1950, becoming a republic. The 26th of January was chosen for a specific reason: it was a watershed point in India’s fight for independence from British domination.
The Indian National Congress (INC) was founded in 1885 and grew to become one of India’s most powerful and influential political organisations before independence. In 1885, the Indian National Congress convened for the first time.
Pandit Nehru was the president of the Congress convention, which began in Lahore in December 1929. “There’s only one aim ahead of us, which is full independence,” he said during this session.
On December 19, 1929, the INC promulgated the Purna Swaraj statement. Members of this session decided that Congress and Indian nationalists should struggle for Purna Swaraj or control the country totally on their own.
At midnight on December 31, 1929, Congress adopted a resolution for complete independence. The President of Congress flew the flag of complete freedom on Ravi’s bank in front of large people.
Because this was the first time nationalists unfurled the tricolour, Congress declared the 26th of January 1930 to be the day of total independence or Purna Swaraj.
The Day of Poorna Swaraj is now known as Republic Day.
Many people thought it was appropriate to honour India’s Constitution on a day associated with national pride when it was adopted on November 26, 1949. Poorna Swaraj Day, which fell on January 26, was the finest option. It has been known as Republic Day in the country since then.
