The date for implementation of the Nehru report expired on 31st December 1929. Thus congress raised its demand for complete independence. The congress convention was held in 1929 at Lahore under the presidentship of Jawahar Lal Nehru. The main resolution of this convention was demand for complete independence.
It was decided that the congress would, from then onwards, focus its entire attention on achieving complete independence. Having passed this resolution, the flag of India’s independence was hoisted on the banks of river Ravi at the midnight of 31 December 1929 in Lahore. The congress observed ‘Complete Independence Day’ on 26 January, 1930 and later on this day was observed by the congress continually every year till the independence of India.