The resolution was ratified at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay on August 8, 1942.

Dr. M.A. Ansari presided over the 1927 Madras session, which decided to boycott the Simon Commission at every stage and in every form.

Lord Curzon (Viceroy 1899-1905) was very hostile towards the Congress and made this statement in a letter to the Secretary of State.

Nehru and Bose founded the Independence of India League in 1928 to press for complete independence (Purna Swaraj) instead of Dominion Status.

Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the 1936 Lucknow session and urged the Congress to adopt socialism as its goal.

Lord Willingdon took a hard line against the Congress, banning the organization and arresting its leaders when the Civil Disobedience Movement resumed in 1932.

Dadabhai Naoroji, in his presidential address at the 1906 Calcutta session, declared that the goal of the Congress was 'Swaraj' or self-government like the UK or the colonies.

Dadabhai Naoroji, known as the Grand Old Man of India, presided over the Congress in 1886, 1893, and 1906.

The Congress ministries resigned in protest because the Viceroy, Lord Linlithgow, declared India a belligerent in World War II without consulting Indian leaders.

Following the 1937 elections under the Govt of India Act 1935, the Congress formed ministries in 8 out of 11 provinces (initially 6, later 2 more).