Question

What is the importance in congress of 1929 where was it held and who was his leader?

Answer 1

Indian National Congress was founded by British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume in 1885 to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians with the British Raj. Its founding members wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first President of the Indian National Congress. The first session of the Indian National Congress was held from 28–31 December 1885, and was attended by 72 delegates. The Congress was transformed into a mass movement by Surendranath Banerjea and Sir Henry Cotton during the partition of Bengal in 1905 and the resultant Swadeshi movement. In the first two decades (1885-1905) Indian National Congress was quite moderate in its approach and confided in British justice and generosity. But repressive measures of the British gave rise to extremist within the Congress. By 1907 the party was split into two-halves—the Garam dal of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, or Extremists,and the Naram Dal of Gopal Krishna Gokhale, or Moderates—distinguished by their attitude towards the British colonists. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned from South Africa in 1915 and with the help of the moderate group led by Ghokhale formed an alliance with the Khilafat Movement. With the already existing nationalistic feeling combined with Gandhi's popularity, the Congress became a forceful and dominant group of people in the country, bringing together millions of people by specifically working against caste differences, untouchability, poverty, and religious and ethnic boundaries. The 1929 Lahore session under the presidency of Jawaharlal Nehru holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of the Indian National Congress. 26 January 1930 was declared as "Poorna Swaraj Diwas", Independence Day. To commemorate this date the Constitution of India was formally adopted on 26 January 1950.