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In December 1927, at its Madras session, the Indian National Congress, took two major decisions in response to the setting up the Simon Commission: first, it decided to not cooperate with the commission; second, it set up an All Parties Conference to draft a Constitution for India. [2]
At the 1927 annual Congress session in Madras a leader of the WPP of Bombay, K.N. Joglekar presented a proposal for a resolution in the Subjects Committee, that the Indian National Congress should demand full independence for India. The proposal was seconded by Jawaharlal Nehru.
Gandhi was engaged in village upliftment programme. During the Madras Session in December 1927, young leaders like Jawahar Lal Nehru had proposed the resolution for complete independence which was however defeated and the action of Jawahar Lal was not appreciated by Gandhi. With such a background, Simon Commission was receiving strong protest ...
[13] [14] The third session of the Indian National Congress was held in Madras in December 1887 [15] and was a huge success attended by 362 delegates from the Province. [16] Subsequent sessions of the Indian National Congresswere held in Madras in 1894, 1898, 1903, 1908, 1914 and 1927. [17]
Iyengar was the personal lawyer and a family friend of Muthuramalingam Thevar whom he encouraged to participate in the 1927 Congress session that was held in Madras. [40] Thevar was eventually drawn to the Congress and participated in agitations against the British rule. [40] Iyengar was also close to Swami Suddhananda Bharathi. [41]
In 1898, being a student in Madras, Ansari attended his first All India Congress Session, which was presided over by Ananda Mohan Bose. In 1927, when the Sessions were held again in Madras, Ansari presided over the session [8] Dr. Ansari became involved in the Indian Independence Movement during his stay in England.
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He was particularly angered by Gandhi's pro-Brahman speeches in Madras during his trip in 1927. [8] When Periyar joined the Congress in 1919, he believed that the prominent people in that organisation were enlightened and hoped that with their co-operation, he could get rid of the practice of untouchability.