Question

how did the 'quit india' movement contributed to the Independence of india?

Answer 1

quit India movement ( bharat chodo Andolan), the watershed movement that has been one of the most vehement appeals in the history of India against the British Raj. This Movement helped India gain independence from the colonial rule of the British in the long-run.

Also known as the India August Movement (August Kranti), the civil disobedience movement, demanding an immediate end to the British Rule, was launched on August 8, 1942 at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi.  This movement closely followed the failure of the Cripps Mission in March, 1942.

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Answer 2

On 8 August 1942, Gandhi made a call to Do or Die in his Quit India speech delivered in Bombay at the Gowalia Tank Maidan. The historical Quit India Movement was announced and played out in the backdrop of World War II.

In his Quit India speech Gandhi reiterated that the movement was a determined passive resistance, for the movement was solely directed towards the independence of India, and not a struggle for power or a military coup to set up a dictatorship . The power, when it came, would belong to the people of India.

This rebel cry ultimately pushed India towards its freedom. Gandhi’s slogan of “Quit India” did not have any room for doubts. It was a message loud and clear that the British were no longer welcome, that they just had to leave. And to add on to this slogan, Gandhi’s call of “do or die” infused the masses with a life of its own.

The movement saw the alarmed British imprisoning Gandhi along with all the leaders of Congress, But this did not deter the Indians and despite lack of direct leadership, large protests and demonstrations were held all over the country led by women and students in the absence of adult male leaderships. Not all demonstrations were peaceful and finally the British banned the Congress. However this only worked towards creating further sympathy among the population and workers remained absent en-masse and strikes were called. The movement ended in more violence with hundreds of civilians killed in violence, many shot by the police army.

It is true that the Quit India Movement ended in failure in 1944. However, this was the final nail on the coffin. It helped unify Congress leadership and placed the demand for independence on the immediate agenda of the national movement. After Quit India, Independence was no longer a matter of bargain, and there was no question of any further negotiations with the British Government. There was one and only one demand, and that was the transfer of power. It was only 3 years later, in 1947, that the British Raj finally handed over the reins of power to India and moved out.