Who among the following leaders proposed to adopt Complete Independence as the goal of the Congress in the Ahmedabad session of 1920?
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- AAbul Kalam Azad
- BHasrat MohaniCorrect
- CJawaharlal Nehru
- DMohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Explanation
The correct answer is B because Maulana Hasrat Mohani, a noted poet and leader, moved a resolution at the Ahmedabad session of the Indian National Congress in 1921 which is often cited in historical contexts alongside the 1920 period of the Non Cooperation movement. He proposed that Swaraj should be defined as Complete Independence or English style Purna Swaraj, free from all foreign control. Although the Ahmedabad session actually took place in 1921, he is the leader famously associated with this specific proposal during that era. At the time, Mahatma Gandhi did not support the resolution as he believed the country was not yet ready for such a demand, and the Congress continued to define Swaraj in more ambiguous terms until the Lahore session of 1929.

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