Identify the two significant developments of the annual session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1929.
A. Salt Satyagraha.
B. The election of Jawaharlal Nehru as President.
C. The proclamation of the commitment to 'Purna Swaraj'.
D. Service to the untouchables.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B, C only
A. Salt Satyagraha. Incorrect. The Salt Satyagraha came later. Soon after the observance of “Independence Day” on 26 January 1930, Gandhiji announced that he would lead a march to break the salt law; the Dandi March followed in March-April 1930.
B. The election of Jawaharlal Nehru as President. Correct. The Lahore session was significant for the election of Jawaharlal Nehru as President, which signified the passing of the baton of leadership to the younger generation.
C. The proclamation of the commitment to ‘Purna Swaraj’. Correct. The second development was the proclamation of commitment to “Purna Swaraj”, or complete independence.
D. Service to the untouchables. Incorrect. Gandhiji worked for the abolition of untouchability as a social reformer, especially after his release from prison in 1924, but it was not a development of the Lahore session of December 1929.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.2 A people’s leader … Mahatma Gandhi was released from prison in February 1924, and now chose to devote his attention to the promotion of home-spun cloth (khadi), and the abolition of untouchability. For, Gandhiji was as much a social reformer as he was a politician.… 3. The Salt Satyagraha A Case Study … In the end of December 1929, the Congress held its annual session in the city of Lahore. The meeting was significant for two things: the election of Jawaharlal Nehru as President, signifying the passing of the baton of leadership to the younger generation; and the proclamation of commitment to ‘Purna Swaraj’, or complete independence.… 3.1 Dandi … Soon after the observance of this ‘Independence Day’, Mahatma Gandhi announced that he would lead a march to break one of the most widely disliked laws in British India, which gave the state a monopoly in the manufacture and sale of salt.…” |