A new determination to force the
government of act filled the minds of the people.
Jawaharlal Nehru was elected
President of the Congress at the behest of Gandhi. A Congress session was held
in Lahore on December 31, 1929. A resolution announcing that full independence
was India’s goal was passed at this session of the Congress. Disappointed at
her failure to get dominion status, India now demanded full independence.
The whole country was excited.
Everybody was waiting for the lead from Gandhi. After two months of suspense, a
Salt Satyagraha was announced by Gandhi.
This would be the beginning of a
civil disobedience campaign in which laws made by the State would be broken.
Civil disobedience would begin by breaking the salt law.
“Salt suddenly became a mysterious
word, a word of power,” Nehru said.