Multiple choice

Who was the President of the Congress, when it declared 'poorna swaraj' as its objective?

  1. Mahatma Gandhi

  2. Motilal Nehru

  3. Jawaharlal Nehru

  4. S.V. Patel
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Explanation

Jawaharlal Nehru was the President of the Indian National Congress at the Lahore Session of December 1929 when 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) was declared as the official objective of the Congress. This session marked the shift from demanding dominion status to demanding full independence. The Declaration of Independence was issued on January 26, 1930, and was celebrated as Independence Day until 1947. Motilal Nehru (Jawaharlal's father) was a leader of the Swaraj Party but was President in 1919 and 1928, not 1929.

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