GS PrelimsHistory (Modern India)INC annual sessions2001

Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete Independence as the goal of the Congress in the Ahmedabad session of 1920?

A

Abul Kalam Azad

B

Hasrat Mohani

C

Jawaharlal Nehru

D

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Correct Answer: Option B

Explanation

1. The question asks who proposed adopting Complete Independence (Purna Swaraj) as the Congress goal in the Ahmedabad session of 1921 (Note: The question mentions 1920, but the relevant Ahmedabad session was in 1921). 2. In the Ahmedabad session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1921, Maulana Hasrat Mohani, a noted Urdu poet and freedom fighter, moved a resolution defining Swaraj as 'Complete Independence, free from all foreign control'. 3. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi opposed this resolution at the time, considering the country not yet ready for it. The resolution was defeated. 4. While Jawaharlal Nehru later became a strong advocate for Purna Swaraj (which was adopted in the 1929 Lahore session), it was Hasrat Mohani who first proposed it formally in the 1921 Ahmedabad session.

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