Prepare a note on the Quit India Movement

Quit India movement was launched by Gandhiji on 8^th August 1942 during the period of second world war. The All India Congress Committee, under the instruction of Gandhiji, demanded the British government to end their rule in India. On the same day when Quit India Movement was declared, Gandhiji delivered a “Do or Die” speech mentioning either to get India free or to die in this attempt.

As a consequence, in the early hours of 9^th August 1942, the entire members of the Indian National Congress were immediately arrested by the British officials and imprisoned them without trial. They were imprisoned in different parts of the country and Congress party was banned. But the demonstrations of Quit India Movement statements and the protests continued across the country. The Britishers were somehow successful in suppressing the Quit India Movement as it lacked proper leadership and any organisation from the beginning to support the movement. But they realized that their days of the rule in India were over as satyagraha movements and other ahimsa strikes keep on hitting them to stop ruling their nation. By the end of the second world war, the Britishers made clear indications of handing over the powers to India and to provide complete independence. Eventually, Gandhi called off the movement resulting in the release of thousands of prisoners who were arrested in this movement.