INDIA - POLITICS January 26, 1930:   SWARAJ DAY Declaration:   The Purna Swaraj declaration, or Declaration of the Independence of India was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on this day, resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj, or complete self-rule independent of the British Empire. The Congress asked the people of India to observe 26 January as Independence Day. The flag of India was hoisted publicly across India by Congress volunteers, nationalists and the public.