Quit India & War · 8 August 1942
Quit India Movement
The Congress demanded immediate British withdrawal. Gandhi called on Indians to 'Do or Die'. Leaders were arrested at once and the movement went underground.
Causes
- Failure of the Cripps Mission
- Wartime hardships and Japanese advance
Consequences
- Mass arrests and repression
- Parallel governments in Ballia, Tamluk and Satara
- Made it clear Britain could not rule for long
Significance
The last great mass movement before independence.
People
Key terms
Part of
Sources
- Bipan Chandra et al., India's Struggle for Independence (Penguin, 1988)
- Sumit Sarkar, Modern India 1885–1947 (Macmillan, 1983)
- NCERT, Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII