​Quit India Movement (1942)

  • The failure of the Cripps Mission left no meeting ground between Congress and the British government.
  • Congress now decided to take active steps to compel the British to accept the Indian demand for independence.
  • The All India Congress Committee met at Bombay on August 8, 1942, and passed the famous ‘Quit India resolution’, proposing to start a non-violent mass struggle to achieve this aim.
  • On this occasion, Gandhiji gave his famous call of “Do or Die”.
  • But before the Congress could start the movement, government arrested all the top nationalist leaders including Gandhiji.
  • In spite of the arrest of the Congress leadership, the ....
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