Question

Under the presidency of Jawahahar Lai Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalised the demand of
(a) abolition of Salt Tax
(b) ‘Puma Swaraj’ or complete independence
(c) boycott of Simon Commission
(d) separate electorate for the ‘dalits’

Answer 1

Answer:

option B:

Explanation:

purna swaraj or complete independence

Answer 2

Under the presidency of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the Lahore Congress Session of 1929 formalized the demand of Purna Swaraj or complete Independence(option b).

Lahore Session:

• Jawahar Lal Nehru was the president of the Lahore Session.
• Complete independence or Purna Swaraj was declared as the aim of Congress.
• Congress Working Committee was given authority to launch a program of civil disobedience.
• January 26, 1930  was fixed as the first Independence (Swarajya) Day, to be celebrated everywhere.
• The goal of poorna swaraj was reiterated in the Karachi session of 1931`.

Simon Commission:

• Constituted in May 1930.
• Abolition of diarchy.
• A separate Electorate was retained.
• Army should be Indianised.

Separate electorate for Dalits was demanded by B.R Ambedkar.