Question

Why was the Poorna Swaraj resolution passed in the Lahore session of 1929?

Answer 1

The Purna Swaraj declaration, or Declaration of the Independence of India, was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self-ruleindependent of the British Empire (literally in Sanskrit, purna (Hindi: पूर्ण), "complete", swa (Hindi: स्व), "self," raj (Hindi: राज), "rule," thus "complete self-rule").

The flag of India had been hoisted by Gandhi on 31 December 1929, in Lahore, modern-day Pakistan. The Congress asked the people of India to observe 26th of January as Independence Day. The flag of India was hoisted publicly across India by Congress volunteers, nationalists and the public.