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.