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Historical Event on 12/31/1929
At the Lahore session, under the Presidentship of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Congress adopted a resolution of 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence), the slogan given by Gandhiji. The tricolour flag of freedom was unfurled and 26th January 1930 was decided to be celebrated as Independence day every year. This session led to Civil Disobedience Movement, Dandi March to break the Salt Law, etc.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 4/13/1993 | Lalitadevi Shastri passed away. |
| 9/15/1927 | Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena was born. |
| 1/24/1952 | The first International Film Festival of India held in Bombay, this event had a great impact on Indian Cinema. |
| 4/1/1978 | India's sixth Five-Year Plan commenced. |
| 1/28/1961 | Foundation-stone of the first factory of H.M.T. wrist watches laid in Bangalore. |
| 8/9/1999 | India's Manisha Malhotra won the $10,000 ITF women's circuit tournament at Harrisonburg, Virginia for her maiden tour title. |
| 11/21/1962 | India and China declared a truce from the war in which India was badly beaten. Because of winter in China, they halted their advance into India. |
| 9/25/1936 | Juliet Prowse, actress (Who Killed Teddy Bear) and dancer, was born in Bombay, India. |
| 2/5/1968 | Narottam Nagar, veteran hindi writer, passed away. |
| 1/9/1918 | Harprasad Nanda, famous Industrialist, was born. |
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