QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT
- On 8th August 1942, Mahatma Gandhi called to end British rule and launched the Quit India Movement
• It was at the session of the All-India Congress Committee in Mumbai
• The Quit India Movement in 1942 was a mass Civil Disobedience Movement
• The movement was launched on 9th August 1942
• Gandhiji gave the call “Do or Die” in his speech delivered at the Gowalia Tank Maidan
• Aruna Asaf Ali popularly known as the 'Grand Old Lady' of the Independence Movement
• She is known for hoisting the Indian flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai during the Quit India Movement.
• The movement was launched during World War II when Britain expected India’s full support.
• The Indian National Congress demanded independence before contributing to the war effort.
• The failure of the Cripps Mission (1942) made it clear that the British were not willing to offer any real constitutional advance to India
• So Gandhiji launched Quit India Movement