Consider the following statements.1. The Congress session in Madras i...
- In Madras (December 1927), the Congress session under the presidency of M.A. Ansari decided to boycott the commission "at every stage and in every form".
- Meanwhile, Nehru succeeded in getting a snap resolution passed at the session, declaring complete independence as the Congress's goal.
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Consider the following statements.1. The Congress session in Madras i...
Statement 1: The Congress session in Madras in December 1927 meeting under the presidency of Motilal Nehru decided to boycott the commission "at every stage and in every form."
The statement is correct. The Congress session held in Madras in December 1927, under the presidency of Motilal Nehru, passed a resolution to boycott the Simon Commission. The Simon Commission was a British initiative to review and potentially revise the Government of India Act of 1919. However, the Commission did not include any Indian members, which was seen as a disregard for Indian representation and autonomy. In response to this exclusion, the Congress decided to boycott the Commission.
The resolution passed at the session affirmed the Congress's decision to boycott the Simon Commission "at every stage and in every form." This meant that the Congress would not cooperate with the Commission in any way, including refusing to give evidence or participate in its proceedings.
Statement 2: Nehru succeeded in getting a snap resolution passed at the session, declaring complete independence as the goal of the Congress
The statement is incorrect. Motilal Nehru, as the President of the Congress session, did not succeed in getting a resolution passed declaring complete independence as the goal of the Congress. The session did discuss the issue of independence, but no such resolution was passed.
Instead, the Congress session in Madras in December 1927 adopted the Nehru Report, which outlined the demands of the Congress for constitutional reforms and self-government within the British Empire. The Nehru Report proposed dominion status for India, similar to that of Canada or Australia, and called for a fully responsible government at the center and in the provinces.
The demand for complete independence became more prominent in the years following the Madras session, particularly during the Civil Disobedience Movement in the early 1930s and the Lahore session of the Congress in 1929 when the goal of complete independence was officially adopted.
Therefore, only statement 1 is correct, and statement 2 is incorrect.
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