ABSTRACT
The will declared by Indians certainly meant the constitution made by Indians for themselves; Gandhiji indicated that only role the British Parliament could play was to give up its claim on India and to agree to India's independence. Congress was trying to carry along other political parties and nonpolitical leaders in creating draft of the constitution as it wanted the draft to be genuine reflection of Indian opinion; it expected the British government to table the bill in parliament with regard to the unanimous view. The first bill aiming to give India an independent constitution and fully autonomous dominion status within the empire was actually tabled in British Parliament. Gandhiji wrote in an article published on 26th January, 'Today is the day to proclaim that the people will not be satisfied with dominion status; the people want purna swaraj, or complete independence'. The Congress Working Committee meeting resolved to launch civil disobedience movement to attain the objective of purna swaraj.
