1931-32 that followed it—did NOT have complete independence in their agenda at all! Yes, the Congress and the Congress leaders did talk of swaraj or dominion status or independence in their meeting, resolutions, speeches, and writings, and did officially promulgate the ‘Purna Swaraj Declaration’, or the ‘Declaration of the Independence of India’ at Lahore (as late as) on 29 December 1929, followed by its pledge on 26 January 1930; BUT in none of their major movements until the Quit India 1942 did the Congress include ‘Purna Swaraj’ or full independence as an item of agenda or as a demand on
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