Who was the head of british government in india when resolution of complete indeoedence was passed?
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Lord Cornwallis is the head of the British government during 1786
Before the constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950, two big laws enacted by British were the Government of India Act 1935 and Indian Independence Act 1947. Both of these laws were repealed as per Article 395 of the present constitution on 26 November 1949, the day on which the constituent assembly of India enacted our constitution.
However, we Indians did not get the opportunity to frame our own constitution overnight. Those were the days when major decisions about the fate of Indian people were taken in London. For at least 100 years there was a gradual awakening and it was the unexpressed desire of the people India to write their own basic law of the land. In 1922, Mahatma Gandhi, while explaining the meaning of Swaraj had indicated that the Constitution of India would be drafted by Indians. This was probably the first expressed intention, regarding the Indians made constitution for Indian people.
Six year later, in 1928, for the first time a constitution for India was drafted by Nehru Committee that was headed by Moti Lal Nehru. A year later, in the Lahore session of December 1929, Congress passed the Poorna Swaraj resolution. It was the same session in which Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as president of the Congress. This 41 years old anglophile, aristocratic, and only son of Motilal Nehru had dedicated all his energy for the national movement and was youngest president of Congress till that time. He later emerged as Gandhi’s designated successor to congress leadership.
Here, please note that though the congress passed the Poorna Swaraj Resolution in December 1929, it was a month later on January 26, 1930, when a Pledge of Indian Independence also known as Declaration of Independence was taken. You must note here that while the Poorna Swaraj Resolution was drafted by Jawaharlal Lal Nehru, the “Declaration of Independence” pledge was drafted by Mahatma Gandhi in 1930 and it echoed the essence of American Declaration of Independence. After this pledge January 26, 1930 was declared as Independence Day by Indian National Congress.
The “declaration of Independence” expresses the pain and pity of the people of India, highlights the Indian grievances against British