New Delhi: It has been 79 years since India started ‘Quit India Movement’ against the British to make our country independent. today was 8 augusthandjob When Mahatma Gandhi took this resolution to make India independent, a sentiment that resonated in the heart of every citizen of the country, resulting in a moment that inspired the country to hoist and declare the tricolor. IFreedom
Under Gandhi’s leadership, India sought independence from British rulehandjob Which was called ‘Quit India Movement’ and became known as ‘August Kranti’.
Feather At the Bombay session of the All India Congress Congress Committee on 8 August 1942handjob Gandhi proposes to start ‘Quit India Movement’handjob And this was passed Feather meeting.
every yearhandjob The country celebrates this day as August Kranti Diwas by paying tribute to the freedom fighters. who GiftEd US our IFreedom
What happened in 1942?
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India had gone Preparing to start such a big movement since Congress leader Hasrat Mohani coined the term Poorna Swaraj in 1921. DDuring World War II, NS The British needed the cooperation of Indian troops to end the war, and Sir Richard Stafford Cripps arrived in India to meet Congress and Muslim League leaders and propose a draft. The idea was to get India’s wholehearted support in the war in return for self-government.
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The draft granted Dominion status to India after the war but otherwise accepted some changes to the status quo. Despite the promise of “early self-government in India”, what Cripps proposed was not ‘independence’. Also, the provision of partition of India and partition of the nation was not accepted in the draft. NS Congress.
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When Gandhi realized that it was the need of the hour to fight tooth and nail to gain India’s independence, on August 8, 1942, the CWC passed the historic resolution presented by Gandhi And beginning of Quit India Movement.
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To inspire the masses, Gandhi delivered a fiery speech at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbaihandjob Also known as August Kranti Maidan Now, Marking watershed movement.
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address on August 8eng People of Gowalia Tank Maidan in MumbaiBapu said: “Here’s a mantra, a short one, that I give you. Print it on your hearts, so that in every breath you give expression to it. The mantra is ‘do or die’. We will either free India or die trying; We will not live to see the continuation of our slavery.“
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The most powerful mass-led movement was started by Aruna Asaf Ali after hoisting the tricolor at the Gowalia Tank Maidan. until august 9handjob several of eminent leader, Including Jawaharlal Nehru, Abul Kalam Azad and Mahatma Gandhihandjob Was arrested on charges of treason.
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Mahatma Gandhi was kept in Aga Khan Palace in Pune and later in Yerwada Jail. During this time Kasturba Gandhi died in the Aga Khan Palace. The arrest of the leaders did not dampen the enthusiasm of the public.handjob and the people took the movement into their own hands. NSy 10 August, protests broke out in Delhi, UP and Bihar. Strikes, demonstrations and mass marches were taken out in Kanpur, Patna, Varanasi and Allahabad in defiance of prohibitory orders.
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Activists like Jai Prakash Narayan, Aruna Asaf Ali, SM Joshi, Ram Manohar Lohia continued to promote the movement and protest. would like Turned violent as railway tracks were blocked, students went on strike in schools and colleges across India. in some placeshandjob Bridges were blown up, wires were cut and railway lines were torn apart.
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TeaThe British government was successful in suppressing the movement till September. 1944handjob But one thing She Remained as it is alive in indianhad a heart resolution to carte blanchehandjob And it was non-negotiable.
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The British refused to give independence immediately and said that it could be given only after the war was over. Finally, India got Iindependence in 1947
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