LAHORE CONGRESS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THE HISTORY OF OUR FREEDOM MOVEMENT.
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU WAS THE PRESIDENT (மாநாட்டுத்தலைவர்
(அக்ராசனர் )FOR THAT ANNUAL SESSION OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.
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HE WAS THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT ( HE WAS 40 AT THAT TIME).
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THE LAHORE CONGRESS REJECTED THE MODERATE DEMAND OF DOMINION STATUS FOR INDIA AND DECALRED "POORNA SWARAJ" ( FULL FREEDOM).
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IT WAS GANDHI CONGRESS ALL THE WAY. IT CREATED TREMENDOUS MASS PARTICIPATION AND ENTHUSIASM.
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IT WAS THE LAST CONGRESS IN WHICH LOKAMAANYA THILAK PARTICIPATED AFTER HIS IMPRISONMENT IN MANDALAY JAIL. HIS HEALTH BROKE DOWN AND HE PASSED AWAY SOON.
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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU. PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL CONGRESS AT LAHORE SESSION 1929-30. ( A RARE VIDEO HERE! )
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A WONDERFUL VIDEO CLIP OF THAT HISTORIC CONGRESS IS HERE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsi4WzbzKis
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HISTORIC LAHORE CONFERENCE OF INDIAN NATIONA CONGRESS.( 1929)
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The Purna Swaraj declaration, or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on January 26, 1930, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire. (Literally in Sanskrit, purna, "complete," swa, "self," raj, "rule," thus "complete self-rule")
The flag of India had been hoisted by Congress President Jawaharlal Nehru on December 31, 1929, on the banks of the Ravi river in Lahore, modern-day Pakistan. The Congress asked the people of India to observe January 26 as Independence Day. The flag of India was hoisted publicly across India by Congress volunteers, nationalists and the public.
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