the pledge for poorna swaraj was taken at the congress session of 19 december 1929.
the pledge for poorna swaraj was taken at the congress session of 19 december 1929.
the pledge for poorna swaraj was taken at the congress session of?
19 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
the climax of his political career came when in 1920 he was elected to preside over the indian national congress session at nagpur, where gandhi's advocacy of "poorna swaraj" through non-violent non-co-operation was debated and accepted. he, with his powerful oratory, gave many a wordy battle to c. r. das and motilal nehru on the question of the council entry programme drawn up by them. he was also in the vanguard of the opposition to the simon commission that toured the country in 1929. he took an active part in the committee that met under motilal nehru to frame the constitution for congress. he appealed to the league of nations to intervene and arbitrate in the indian deadlock that proceeded after the simon commission. he considered the league of nations as the hope of humanity.
c. vijayaraghavachariar