Question

The Calcutta session of the Congress had given an ultimatum to the British Government to accept the Nehru Report or to face a mass movement. Did the British Government accept the Congress’ demand? What was its consequence?

Answer 1

No. The British government did not accept the Congress ultimatum, so the one‑year limit lapsed and the Nehru Report was declared to have lapsed at the Lahore Session (1929). As a consequence the Congress, with Jawaharlal Nehru as president, passed the Poorna Swaraj (complete independence) resolution and moved to launch a programme of civil disobedience (leading to Gandhi’s Dandi/Salt campaign and the wider Civil Disobedience Movement).