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India · 1929Lahore Congress adopts Purna Swaraj; 26 January 1930 set as Independence Day

Lord Irwin's October statement that Dominion Status was the natural issue of India's constitutional progress failed to satisfy the Congress, which at Lahore in December, under Jawaharlal Nehru's presidency, adopted Purna Swaraj and fixed 26 January 1930 as Independence Day. Revolutionary nationalism drew wide attention through the Central Legislative Assembly bomb case and Jatin Das's fatal hunger

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Key figures

Jawaharlal Nehru — President of the Lahore Congress where the Purna Swaraj resolution was adoptedLord Irwin (Edward Wood) — Viceroy; issued the 31 October 1929 Dominion Status declarationBhagat Singh — HSRA revolutionary; threw bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly with Batukeshwar Dutt on 8 April 1929Jatindra Nath Das (Jatin Das) — died on 13 September 1929 after a 63-day hunger strike for political prisoners' rightsMuhammad Ali Jinnah — framed the Fourteen Points (1929), setting out Muslim League constitutional demandsHarbilas Sarda — associated with the Child Marriage Restraint (Sarda) Act, 1929

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