Quit India movement

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Indian independence movement mass civil disobedience campaign political movement

The Quit India movement was a mass civil disobedience campaign launched in 1942 demanding an end to British colonial rule in India, led prominently by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Quit India Movement 42
Quit India movement canonical 3
Bharat Chhodo Andolan 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian independence movement ⓘ
mass civil disobedience campaign ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs August Kranti ⓘ
Quit India movement ⓘ
surface form: Bharat Chhodo Andolan
commemoratedOn August Kranti Day ⓘ
commemorationDate 9 August ⓘ
context World War II ⓘ
country India ⓘ
followedBy post-war negotiations leading to Indian independence ⓘ
goal Indian independence ⓘ
end of British rule in India ⓘ
inspired parallel governments in some Indian districts ⓘ
underground resistance networks ⓘ
leader Aruna Asaf Ali ⓘ
Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ
Jayaprakash Narayan ⓘ
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ
Ram Manohar Lohia ⓘ
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ
location British India ⓘ
method boycott of British institutions ⓘ
mass protests ⓘ
non-violent civil disobedience ⓘ
strikes ⓘ
opposedBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: British government

Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form: Viceroy Lord Linlithgow
opposedTo British colonial rule in India ⓘ
organizedBy Indian National Congress ⓘ
participants Indian National Congress activists ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
students ⓘ
workers ⓘ
placeOfProclamation Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay ⓘ
Mumbai ⓘ
precededBy Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ
proclaimedAt Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee ⓘ
proclaimedBy Indian National Congress ⓘ
surface form: All India Congress Committee

Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
result mass arrests of Indian leaders ⓘ
radicalization of Indian freedom struggle ⓘ
strengthening of demand for complete independence ⓘ
suppression by British authorities ⓘ
significance major milestone in Indian independence movement ⓘ
slogan Do or Die ⓘ
Quit India movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Quit India
sloganGivenBy Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ
startDate 1942-08-08 ⓘ
8 August 1942 ⓘ
triggeredBy failure of Cripps Mission ⓘ

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Mahatma Gandhi → knownFor → Quit India movement ⓘ
British India → notableEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Civil Disobedience Movement → followedBy → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Indian independence movement → significantEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Satyagraha → usedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Quit India movement → alsoKnownAs → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bharat Chhodo Andolan
Quit India movement → slogan → Quit India movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India
Kasturba Gandhi → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Royal Indian Navy mutiny → relatedEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
The Discovery of India → imprisonmentContext → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Sarojini Naidu → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Mahadev Desai → participantIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Independence Day (India) → relatedMovement → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Rajendra Prasad → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
R. Venkataraman → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Kranti → hasPopularName → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Kranti → hasOfficialName → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Kranti → alsoKnownAs → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bharat Chhodo Andolan
August Kranti → associatedDocument → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India resolution
Do or Die → associatedWithEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Do or Die → deliveredIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India speech
Jayaprakash Narayan → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Aruna Asaf Ali → movement → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay → notableEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Gowalia Tank Maidan
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement launch
Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay → significantEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Gowalia Tank Maidan
this entity surface form: Gandhi’s Quit India speech
Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay → movementLaunched → Quit India movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Gowalia Tank Maidan
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Kranti Day → alsoKnownAs → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Day
August Kranti Day → commemorates → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Kranti Day → commemorates → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1942 Quit India Movement
Aga Khan Palace → associatedWithEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Indian National Congress movement → significantEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Anugrah Narayan Sinha → participantIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
J. B. Kripalani → movement → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
J. B. Kripalani → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Indian nationalism → hasKeyEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Sucheta Kriplani → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Rani of Jhansi Regiment → associatedMovement → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India movement (broad independence struggle)
Cripps Mission to India → followedBy → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
India Wins Freedom → coversEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai → associatedWithEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement (through exhibits)
K. Kamaraj → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Movement → hasAlias → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Movement → slogan → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India
Sisir Kumar Bose → movement → Quit India movement ⓘ
JP → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Jayaprakash Narayan
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Victor Alexander John Hope → oversawEvent → Quit India movement ⓘ
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg in New Delhi named after her → participatedIn → Quit India movement ⓘ
subject surface form: Aruna Asaf Ali
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Kranti Maidan → namedAfter → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
August Kranti Maidan → historicalEventSite → Quit India movement ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement