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Quit India movement.
IInd Year
B.A.LLb(hons) self-finance
Roll no. 29
En. No. 16-5180
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Introduction.
Brief discussion.
Outspread of world war II.
Failure of Cripps mission.
Resolution for immediate independence.
No support to the movement.
State of Suppression.
Conclusion.
Bibliography.
2. Barkawi, Tarak. Culture and Combat in the Colonies. The Indian Army in the Second
World War. Journal of Contemporary History. 10000(2). pp. 325–355.
3. Nasim Yousaf Hidden facts behind British India's freedom : a scholarly look into Allama Mashraqi and
Quaid-e-Azam's political conflict, p.137.
State of Suppression :
One of the important achievements of the movement was to
keep the Congress party united through all the trials and
tribulations that followed. The British, already alarmed by the
advance of the Japanese army to the India-Burma border,
responded by imprisoning Gandhi. All the members of the
Party's Working Committee (national leadership) were
imprisoned as well. Due to the arrest of major leaders, a young
and till then relatively unknown Aruna Asaf Ali presided over
the AICC session on 9 August and hoisted the flag; later the
Congress party was banned. These actions only created
sympathy for the cause among the population. Despite lack of
The Congress leadership was cut off from the rest of the world
for over three years. Gandhi's wife Kasturbai Gandhi and his
personal secretary Mahadev Desai died in months and Gandhi's
health was failing, despite this Gandhi went on a 21-day fast and
maintained his resolve to continuous resistance. Although the
British released Gandhi on account of his health in 1944, Gandhi
kept up the resistance, demanding the release of the Congress
leadership.
CONCLUSION :
Indian nationalists were angry that British Governor-General of
India, Lord Linlithgow, had without consultation with them
brought India into the war. The Muslim League supported the
war, but Congress was divided.
For several weeks there was widespread rioting and the British
lost control in some parts of the country.[citation needed] Only
the strongest measures, including the use of machine guns and
aerial bombing, restored their rule – at the cost of thousands of
Indian lives.
4. D, Fisher D; Read A (1998). The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence. WW
Norton. p. 330.
5. D, Fisher D; Read A (1998). The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence. WW
Norton. p. 329..
Books cited :
Online sources:
http://www.historydiscussion.net/history-of-india/quit-india-
movement/3194.
https://www.upscsuccess.com/sites/default/files/documents/India%
27s_Struggle_for_Independence.
www.preservearticles.com/201012271756/quit-india-
movement.html.