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Which of the following conferences held in Tamil Nadu in 1927 under the presidency of S. Srinivasa Iyengar famously passed a resolution declaring complete independence (Purna Swaraj) as the goal of the Indian national movement, preceding the Lahore Congress resolution?

A. Madras Session of the Indian National Congress (1927)✓ Correct Answer
B. Salem Provincial Conference (1930)
C. Tirunelveli Nationalist Convention (1908)
D. Coimbatore Political Conference (1920)

💡 Solution & Explanation

The Madras Session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1927 under the presidency of S. Srinivasa Iyengar adopted a landmark resolution declaring complete independence as the ultimate goal of the national movement. Salem Provincial Conference was convened later during the Civil Disobedience movement era. Tirunelveli convention followed the arrest of nationalist leaders in 1908. Coimbatore conference focused on non-cooperation adoption in Tamil Nadu. The 1927 Madras resolution laid the ideological groundwork for the formal Purna Swaraj declaration at Lahore in 1929.

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