What was quit india movement

As a part of this movement, a call for mass agitation was followed by violence that took over the country after which Indian National Congress leaders were arrested. Every year on 8 August , the anniversary of Quit India Movement is marked and observed by paying tribute to freedom fighters who without a doubt laid their lives for the country and its people.

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MK Gandhi. Wikimedia Commons. Details on what happened during this movement: The main reason for the Quit India Movement to begin was because the Britishers were planning to drag the country into World War II without consent to fight on behalf of the United Kingdom UK. Thousands were killed and injured in the wake of the 'Quit India' movement. Strikes were called in many places. The British swiftly suppressed many of these demonstrations by mass detentions; more than , people were imprisoned.

The 'Quit India' movement, more than anything, united the Indian people against British rule. Although most demonstrations had been suppressed by , upon his release in Gandhi continued his resistance and went on a day fast. By the end of the Second World War , Britain's place in the world had changed dramatically and the demand for independence could no longer be ignored. Gandhi, Mahatma, Quit India , ed. Prabhu and U. Rao Bombay: Padma Publications, Bakshi, S. Basavapunnaiah, M.

Chaudhari, K. Chopra, P. Desai, Sanjiv P. Goyal, P. Hutchins, Francis G. Kamath, Suryanath U. Calcutta: Indian Institute of Management, Malhotra, S.

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