the poorna swaraj resolution was adopted in the december 1929 session of the indian national congress.
the poorna swaraj resolution was adopted in the december 1929 session of the indian national congress.
in which session of the indian national congress was the poorna swaraj resolution adopted?
december 1929
after attending muhammadan anglo-oriental college in aligarh, kidwai entered politics through the khilafat movement. in the 1926 elections, he was elected to the central legislative assembly as a swaraj party candidate from oudh. he became the chief whip of the swaraj party in the assembly. kidwai's political acumen helped maintain an unity in the party on controversial issues. in 1929, kidwai was elected the secretary of the swaraj party in the assembly. he had utmost loyalty towards moti lal nehru. the indian national congress made a demand of purna swaraj on 19 december 1929 and mahatma gandhi launched the civil disobedience movement in january 1930. in january 1940, kidwai resigned from the central legislative assembly in response to the purna swaraj resolution by the congress working committee and plunged into the civil disobedience movement.
rafi ahmed kidwai
before 1930, indian political parties had openly embraced the goal of political independence from the united kingdom. the all india home rule league had been advocating "home rule" for india: dominion status within the british empire, as granted to australia, canada, the irish free state, newfoundland, new zealand, and south africa. the all india muslim league favoured dominion status as well, and opposed calls for outright indian independence. the indian liberal party, by far the most pro-british party, explicitly opposed india's independence and even dominion status if it weakened india's links with the british empire. the indian national congress, the largest indian political party of the time, was at the head of the national debate. congress leader and famous poet hasrat mohani was the first activist to demand complete independence (poorna swaraj) from the british in 1921 from an all-india congress forum. veteran congress leaders such as bal gangadhar tilak, aurobindo and bipin chandra pal had also advocated explicit indian independence from the empire.
purna swaraj