Quit India movement

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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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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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August Kranti Maidan historicEvent Quit India movement
this entity surface form: Gandhi’s Quit India call
renaming as August Kranti Maidan significantEvent Quit India movement
subject surface form: August Kranti Maidan
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
renaming as August Kranti Maidan commemorates Quit India movement
subject surface form: August Kranti Maidan
this entity surface form: Quit India call by Mahatma Gandhi
Gowalia Tank Maidan namedAfter Quit India movement
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Gowalia Tank Maidan significantEvent Quit India movement
this entity surface form: Quit India speech by Mahatma Gandhi
Gowalia Tank Maidan associatedWith Quit India movement
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Anugrah Babu participatedIn Quit India movement
subject surface form: Anugrah Narayan Sinha
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Bengal Provincial Congress Committee associatedEvent Quit India movement
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
British policies in India provoked Quit India movement
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement
Purushottam Das Tandon participatedIn Quit India movement
this entity surface form: Quit India Movement