Quit India Movement

Article Title: Quit India Movement

08-08-2024

Indian National Movement Current Affairs Analysis

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Quit India movement, one of the prominent movement that led to the nation’s independence from the British rule started on August 8, 1942.

About Quit India Movement:

Launched in: 1942

Place: Bombay session of All India Congress committee.

Launched by: Mahatma Gandhi.

ØOver 1,00,000 people were arrested, killed and publicly flogged.

Yusuf Mehrally, a congressman, presented Gandhiji with a bow which had ‘Quit India’ inscribed on it which then became the slogan.