The “Deepavali Declaration” issued in the year 1929 was related to the

The correct answer is B) Dominion status. On 31 October 1929, Viceroy Lord Irwin issued the Deepavali Declaration. It said the aim of British policy was Dominion Status for India and announced a Round Table Conference after the Simon Commission's report. It was issued on the eve of Deepavali, which is why it carries that name.

• A) Communal problem: Wrong. The communal question was handled elsewhere, through the Nehru Report of 1928 and the Communal Award of 1932.
• C) Labour leaders: Wrong. Labour issues of the period were tied to the Trade Disputes Act of 1926 and the Meerut Conspiracy Case of 1929, not to this declaration.
• D) Untouchability: Wrong. This belongs to the Poona Pact of 1932 and Gandhi's Harijan campaign from 1933.

The core concept is the shift in the constitutional goal from Dominion Status to Purna Swaraj. Congress found the declaration vague, and the Lahore session of December 1929 adopted the Purna Swaraj resolution. For Mains, this is a good example of how colonial constitutional promises shaped the national movement's demands.

Trap: Aspirants often confuse this with the Gandhi-Irwin Pact of 1931 or with the Lahore Purna Swaraj resolution of 1929. The declaration itself only promised Dominion Status.