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Explain the significance of the Congress session held at Lahore in the end of 1929.
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Solution
- A proclamation for "Puma Swaraj" was issued during the December 1929 session of Congress in Lahore.
- This session also discussed the feasibility of launching a nationwide mass movement to achieve complete freedom.
- This session was also important in laying the groundwork for the type of government that would be established in independent India.
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