Question: the pledge for poorna swaraj was taken at the congress session of
Answer: The Purna Swaraj declaration , or Declaration of the Independence of India , was promulgated by the Indian National Congress on 19 December 1929 , resolving the Congress and Indian nationalists to fight for Purna Swaraj , or complete self - rule independent of the British Empire ( literally in Sanskrit , purna , `` complete , `` self , '' raj , `` rule , '' thus `` complete self - rule '' ) .