25. Where did the Congress Working committee first accept the idea of the Quit India Movement?
Answers
All India Congress Committee lead by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942 has given the idea of Quit India movement. After the failure of Cripps Mission, Gandhi Ji made a call for Do or Die slogan in his Quit India speech and launched the Quit India Movement at the Bombay session. By launching the mass protest, the committee demanded "an orderly withdrawal of British" from India during World War II.
In July 1942 congress committee met at Wardha and accepted the idea of Quit India movement.
Explanation:
A long resolution was passed which insisted for the immediate ending of “British rule in India” .This resolution was the outcome of attitude change in the congress and Gandhi himself towards British.
The Wardha resolution is also known as the Quit India Resolution. This resolution was accepted in “All India Congress Committee on August 7, 1942” in Mumbai where nonviolent struggle was headed under Gandhi was approved in “August Kranti Maidan”.