Quit India Movement
Mass protest launched by Mahatma Gandhi at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee on 8 August 1942 with the call 'Do or Die', demanding an immediate end to British rule. Leaders were arrested within days; the movement continued underground until about September 1944. Viceroy Linlithgow called it 'by far the most serious rebellion since 1857'.
Entities involved
British Raj
Indian independence movement
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Quit India Movement
People
Mahatma Gandhi
launched the movement, 'Do or Die' speech, 8 August 1942
Jawaharlal Nehru
Arrested with the Congress leadership
Indian independence movement
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Arrested with the Congress leadership
Indian independence movement