Previous Year Question
The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in history, because
the Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence.
the rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that Session.
a resolution was passed rejecting the Two-Nation Theory in that Session.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution
Statement 1 is correct.
The Lahore Session was held in December 1929 under the presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru. It declared that the term ‘Swaraj’ in the Congress Constitution would mean Complete Independence or Purna Swaraj. Thus, the Congress replaced Dominion Status with complete independence as its immediate objective.
Important facts associated with the session:
Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the session.
The national flag was unfurled on the banks of the Ravi.
26 January 1930 was designated for nationwide observance as Independence Day or Purna Swaraj Day.
The people were asked to take the Independence Pledge.
The Congress Working Committee was authorised to launch civil disobedience at an appropriate time.
The Salt Satyagraha and Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 became the next major stage of this political programme.
Statement 2 is incorrect.
The split between the Moderates and Extremists occurred at the Surat Session of 1907. The two groups reunited at the Lucknow Session of 1916, not at Lahore in 1929.
Statement 3 is incorrect.
No specific resolution rejecting the Two-Nation Theory was passed at the 1929 Lahore Session. A major later development connected with this issue was the Muslim League’s Lahore Resolution of 1940. It must not be confused with the Congress’s Lahore Session of 1929.
Connection:
1907—Surat Split
1916—Moderate–Extremist reunion and Congress–League agreement at Lucknow
1929—Purna Swaraj at Lahore
26 January 1930—Independence Day
1930—Civil Disobedience Movement