Congress had given an ultimatum in its Calcutta Session to the British Government to accept the ‘Nehru Report’ within the year or face the mass Movement to be launched by Congress. But the British Government did not notice the warning. As a result the historic Lahore Session in the chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru was held in December, 1929 and the proposal to India’s Independence had been declared by him for the first time. Jawaharlal Nehru on December 31, 1929 hoisted the flag of India’s Independence on the bank of Ravi river at Lahore. Congress in its meeting of January 2, 1930 decided that the ‘Complete Independence Day’ will be celebrated on January 26, 1930 and January 26, of every year will be celebrated as ‘Complete Independence Day.’ ....Read more