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- Following this, 26th January 1930 was declared as Purna Swaraj Diwas (meaning Independence Day). So when the Assembly was finalising the day on which the Constitution should come into effect, 26th January was the preferred choice to honour the wish of the freedom fighters who were the first to demand complete independence.
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The Congress regularly observed 26 January as the Independence Day of India – commemorating those who campaigned for Indian independence. In 1947, the British agreed to transfer power and political finesse to India, and 15 August became the official Independence Day.
Jan 26, 2014 · Exactly 20 years before our first Republic Day, on 26 January 1930, the Indian National Congress, in an electrifying resolution, declared Purna Swaraj — complete freedom from the British Raj.
Aug 15, 2024 · At the Indian National Congress session in Lahore in 1929, India designated January 26 as the date for celebrating Independence Day, referred to as 'Purna Swaraj Diwas'. This choice was made to mark the nation's resolve to achieve full independence, and the date was commemorated annually until India secured its official independence.
A public declaration was made on 26 January 1930 – a day which the Congress Party urged Indians to celebrate as ‘Independence Day’. The declaration was passed due to the breakdown of negotiations between leaders of the freedom movement and the British over the question of dominion status for India.
- The Irwin Declaration 1929
- The Nehru Report 1928
- The Lucknow Pact
- India’s Design Based on The Nehru Report
- The Simon Commission
- The Government of India Act, 1919
The Irwin Declaration was a five-line statement: ‘’In view of the doubts which have been expressed both in Great Britain and in India regarding the interpretation to be placed on the intentions of the British government in enacting the statute of 1919, I am authorised on behalf of his Majesty’s Government to state clearly that in their judgement it...
The Simon Commission was appointed by the British government in 1927 to look into the Government of India Act of 1919. The Commission would look into the matter that concerned the fate of the Indian people, without having a single Indian member. And this did not sit well with the nationalist discourse raging at the time. The British, while acknowle...
The Lucknow Pact was a joint document by the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League in 1916. ‘Both political organisations agreed to work together on a scheme that demanded self-government and put pressure on the British. They jointly appointed committees for this purpose; the committees met in Lucknow and Calcutta prepared a scheme of refo...
The design of India as envisaged in the report read: ‘India shall have the same constitutional status in the community of nations, known as the British Empire, as the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, the Dominion of New Zealand, the Union of South Africa and the Irish Free State, with a Parliament having powers to make laws for th...
BCCL/Representational Image The Simon Commission was headed by the chairman Sir John Allsebrook Simon. The commission was sent from England to review the Government of India Act of 1919. And in 1930 the commission submitted its report: The Simon report. The commission found itself in hot waters as soon as it reached Indian shores. Both the Indian N...
‘The Government of India Act 1919 was the codified version of the Montag-Chelmsford reforms’ and had 47 sections and 5 schedules. The Act was responsible for introducing diarchy in the Indian subcontinent. The Act created 11 provinces and allowed a limited form of Indian representation by letting the Indians have the public health and education por...
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The pledge was taken by the public on January 26, 1930. One option before the Congress was to demand Dominion Status, under which India would have still remained at least nominally under British rule. The Congress rejected this option, and instead asked for Purna Swaraj, which means Full Independence.
Jan 25, 2023 · From 1930 till India finally won its independence in 1947, January 26 was celebrated as “Independence Day” or “Poorna Swaraj Day” with Indians reaffirming their commitment towards sovereignty on that day.
