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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2019 — General Studies · Question 64 of 200

Q64
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
In which session did the Indian National Congress declare Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence) to be its goal?
  1. a.Lahore, 1929
  2. b.Lucknow, 1916
  3. c.Tripuri, 1939
  4. d.Bombay, 1940

Answer: (A) Lahore, 1929

At its December 1929 session in Lahore, presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted the resolution demanding "Purna Swaraj" (complete independence), with 26 January 1930 subsequently observed as Independence Day.