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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
6/3/1995President's rule in J&K extended for another 6 months.
6/3/1915Sir' knighthood was granted to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore by the British Government.
9/27/1989The second test launching of India's surface-to-surface missile, 'Prithvi', from Sri Harikota was successful.
12/24/1999Koneru Humpy won the under-12 boys' title and P. Harikrishna won the Under-14 boys' title at the Asian Youth Chess Championship in Ahmedabad.
9/18/1941Arjuncharan Srimukh Sethi was born in Odang village in Balasore (now known as Bhadrak) in Orissa.
11/25/1993National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, celebrated its platinum jubilee in 1993 by organizing several scientific activities throughout the year, culminating in the International Symposium on Nutrition during November 25-27, 1993.
12/16/1909Lal Singh Narayan Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match), was born near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
9/11/1888Henry Heras, famous artist and an active member of the Indian Historical Records Commission, was born in Barcelona, Spain.
5/5/1966Jan Congress Party was established in Orissa.
1/15/1949General K. N. Kariappa became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief. He was the first Indian to reach to this post in Indian Army. In 1956, he was designated as Chief of the Army Staff - General, later Field Marshal. This event is commemoratively observed as Army Day.