The Purna Swaraj resolution was passed by the Indian National Congress during the Lahore session on 26th December 1929. Jawaharlal Nehru was the president of that session. It was decided that 26th January 1930 would be celebrated as ‘Independence Day’.
When Lord Mountbatten became the first Governor-General of India, Mohammed Ali Jinnah who is considered as the founder and the first governor-general of Pakistan from 1947 to 1948. He is revered in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam.