January 26 was celebrated as Independence Day for 17 years
January 26 was celebrated as India's Independence Day from 1930 to 1946. January 26, 1930, was set as the date for independence after the Congress, led by Jawaharlal Nehru, declared "Purna Swaraj", or Complete Independence, as its ultimate goal in Lahore in December 1929. Twenty years later, the Constituent Assembly chose January 26 as the date for enforcement of Constitution.