Question

Who was the president of the Lahore Congress session, which formalised the demand of ‘Purna Swaraj’ in 1929?
1. Badruddin Tyabji
2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
3. Anandacharlu
4. Jawaharlal Nehru

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Jawaharlal Nehru

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

• Lahore session, 1929:
  • The Indian National Congress, on 19 December 1929, passed the historic 'Purna Swaraj' (total independence) resolution – at its Lahore session.
  • A public declaration was made on 26 January 1930 – a day which the Congress Party urged Indians to celebrate as 'Independence Day.
  • Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as President of the Indian National Congress in December 1929 at its annual session in the city of Lahore. Hence, Option 4 is correct.
  • In 1929, Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India, made a vaguely announced – referred to as the Irwin Declaration - that India would be granted dominion status in the future.

Year	Place	President and fact
1885, 1882	Bombay, Allahabad	Women Chandra Bannerjee
1886	Calcutta	Dadabhai Naoroji was the president. National Congress and National Conference.
1887	Madras	Badruddin Tyabji
1894	Madras	Alfred Webb
1891	Nagpur	Panapakkam Anandacharlu
1896	Calcutta	Rahimtullah M. Sayani was the president. The national song ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung for the first time.
1906	Calcutta	Dadabhai Naoroji was the president. The word ‘Swaraj’ was mentioned for the first time.
1916	Lucknow	A.C Majumdar (Re-union of the Congress)
1917	Calcutta	Annie Besant was the first woman president of the INC.
1919	Amritsar	Motilal Nehru
1922	Gaya	C R Das
1939	Tripura	S.C.Bose was re-elected but had to resign due to protests by Gandhiji (as Gandhiji supported Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya). Rajendra Prasad was appointed in his place.
1948	Jaipur	Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya (Last session)