August Kranti

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August Kranti is the popular name for the 1942 Quit India Movement, a major mass protest demanding an end to British colonial rule in India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence movement event
mass protest
political movement
alsoKnownAs August Movement
Quit India movement
surface form: Bharat Chhodo Andolan
associatedDocument Quit India movement
surface form: Quit India resolution
associatedWith Indian National Congress
surface form: All India Congress Committee

Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee, 1942
commemoratedAt Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay
surface form: August Kranti Maidan
country India
demand end of British rule in India
immediate independence of India
endDate 1944
hasCommemorationDate August 9
hasOfficialName Quit India movement
surface form: Quit India Movement
hasPopularName Quit India movement
surface form: Quit India Movement
historicalPeriod World War II
inspired mass participation across India
leader Aruna Asaf Ali
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jayaprakash Narayan
Mahatma Gandhi
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Rajendra Prasad
Ram Manohar Lohia
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
location Bombay Presidency
British India
method boycotts
mass civil disobedience
non-cooperation
strikes
opponent British India
surface form: British Raj

UK government
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
opposed British colonial rule in India
organizedBy Indian National Congress
partOf Indian independence movement
result strengthening of demand for complete independence
suppression by British authorities
widespread arrests of Indian leaders
significance turning point in Indian struggle for independence
slogan Do or Die
startDate 1942-08-08
August 8, 1942
startPlace Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay
surface form: August Kranti Maidan

Mumbai
surface form: Bombay

Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay
surface form: Gowalia Tank Maidan
triggeredBy failure of Cripps Mission

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Quit India movement alsoKnownAs August Kranti
August Movement hasAlias August Kranti