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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Poorna Swaraj Resolution, passed at the Indian National Congress Lahore Session in December 1929, declared complete independence as the goal of the Indian freedom struggle.
- Why was 26 January chosen as Independence Day in 1930, and how does it connect to Republic Day?
- How does Poorna Swaraj differ from the dominion status of the Nehru Report?
- What action did the Lahore resolution directly authorise?
- Did Gandhi support the independence creed at Lahore?

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The Poorna Swaraj Resolution, passed at the Indian National Congress Lahore Session in December 1929, declared complete independence as the goal of the Indian freedom struggle.

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## Timeline

1. 31 December 1929

   The Calcutta Session of December 1928 had resolved that if the British government did not concede dominion status by , the Congress would adopt complete inde…

2. 31 October 1929

   The Viceroy Lord Irwin's vague "Irwin Declaration" of , promising eventual dominion status without timeline, and the collapse of the Delhi leaders' deputatio…

3. 19 December 1929

   The resolution was moved in the open session and carried on the night of .

4. 26 January 1930

   Second, the Congress resolved that the last Sunday of January — fixed as — would be observed throughout India as Purna Swaraj Day, or Independence Day.

5. 26 January 1950

   This pledge ceremony was repeated annually until independence in 1947, which is why the framers of the Republic later chose for the commencement of the Cons…

6. 12 March 1930

   On Gandhi launched the Salt Satyagraha, marching from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi, where on 6 April he violated the salt laws — the inaugural act of the Civil…

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On 31 December 1929, Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled the tricolour on the banks of the Ravi at Lahore, and on 26 January 1930 Indians nationwide read the Independence pledge drafted by Gandhi.

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