Prelims 2012 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 71
The Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress (1929) is very important in history, because<br/>1. The Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence.<br/>2. The rift between the extremists and moderates was resolved in that Session.<br/>3. A resolution was passed rejecting the two-nation theory in that Session.<br/><br/>Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer
1 only
1. Correct. At the Lahore Session (1929), under Jawaharlal Nehru’s presidency, the INC adopted the Poorna Swaraj (Complete Independence) resolution.<br><br>2. Incorrect. The Surat split between moderates and extremists was effectively healed earlier, especially by the Lucknow Session (1916), not at Lahore in 1929.<br><br>3. Incorrect. No such resolution rejecting the two-nation theory was a defining act of the Lahore Session of 1929; that issue became prominent later.<br><br>Therefore, only statement 1 is correct.