Quit India Movement

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Quit India Movement: 79 Years of India's Freedom Struggle

A movement of pride, sacrifice, and blood, the '1942 Quit India Movement' aka August Kranti Day foundation was laid by Mahatma Gandhi's call for India's immediate independence from the 200-year British rule. On August 9, 1942, the movement started at the Gowalia Tank Maidan passed by the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee.

The motive of the movement was to start a peaceful (civil disobedience) demonstration against… read-more

Sun, 08 Aug 2021 - 02:34 PM / by Prateek Chakradhar

Tags: Quit India Movement, Mahatma Gandhi, World War II, British-India

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