Question

The Quit India movement was launched in
A. 1939
B. 1941
C. 1942
D. 1945

Answer 1

Hint: Mahatma Gandhi had given a call in the All India Congress session in Bombay for the Quit India Movement. It is here he delivered the ‘Do or die’ speech.

Complete answer:
The Quit India movement was started by Mahatma Gandhi on 9th August 1942. It took place in Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay. The failure of the Cripps Mission, the Japanese attack advances in South East Asia, and the exasperation of the people in India instigated Gandhi to call upon the British to voluntarily leave India. The British assumed that India would support it during the Second World War did not go down well with the people. The Quit India movement was ratified in the Bombay session of the Congress keeping in mind the policy of non violence. On 9th August members of the Congress working committee were arrested under unlawful associations and Criminal Act Law Amendment Act of 1908.

Gandhi’s arrest led to huge protests and mass demonstrations within the country. People were killed and injured. Strikes were declared in several parts and more than 1,000,000 people were arrested. The name of the movement was coined by Yusuf Meherally, a socialist trade unionist. The mass movement which was going on for a long time, organised by the Indian National Congress, All India Kisan Sabha, Forward Bloc had set the ground for mass movements and the final nail on the coffin for the British.

Option C is the correct answer.

Note: The Quit India Movement massively united by the people of India more than anything else. Gandhi went on a fast for 21 days. Britain’s loss in the Second World War had radically undermined its position globally and the demand of free India could wait no longer wait.