1. The Quit India Movement,1942
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2. Topic for Discussion
 World War II and Indian involvement
 Cripps' Mission’ Failure
 Contemporary condition of congress in 1940
 Resolution for immediate independence
 Gandhi's Quit India speech
 Quit India movement,1stphase
 Quit India movement,2ndphase
 Prominent leaders
 Women in the Quit India Movement
 Quit India Movement in Bengal
 Opposition to Quit India
 Conclusion
 Bibliography

3. World War II and Indian
involvement
 British Governor-General of India, Lord
Linlithgow, had without consultation
with the congress brought India into the
war.
 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose organized
the Indian National Army with the help
of the Japanese announced war
against the British government in India.
 The Muslim League, Muhammad Ali
Jinnah, supported the war in return
Pakistan, a separate Muslim state.
 The Congress Working committee had
passed a resolution for war against
Fascism at Wardha in September 1939
and freedom in return.
 Gandhi had not supported this initiative
as believer in non-violent resistance.

4. The Cripps mission was an
attempt in late March 1942 to
secure Indian cooperation and
support for war.
Cripps offered immediate self-
government and eventual
independence in return.
The Congress was divided
upon its response to India's entry
intoWW2.
But the mission fails.

5. Contemporary condition of congress in
1940
Due to the price hike of daily used commodities
,common people was loosing their trust on congress.
Due to active participation of Netaji ,the congress
was loosing their popularity.
To boost up their party, they shown their activeness
through quit India movement.

6. Resolution for immediate
independence
 The Congress Working Committee
meeting at Wardha (14 July, 1942)
adopted a resolution demanding
complete independence from the
British government.
 It proved to be controversial within
the party.
 On August 8, 1942 the Quit India
Resolution was passed at the Bombay
session of the All India Congress
Committee(AICC).

7. Gandhi's Quit India speech
 In his Quit India speech on 8th
Aug at Gowalia Tank, Bombay,
Gandhi told Indians to follow
non-violent civil disobedience.
 Gandhi called "an orderly British
withdrawal" from India and told
the Cong leader to Do or Die.
 He advised for the Hindu-
Muslim unity.

8. 'Quit India' movement,1stphase
 On 9th August, eminent Congress
leaders like Mahatma Gandhi,
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad etc
were arrested.
 The All India Congress was
declared unlawful associations
and banned it.
 The assembly of public meetings
were prohibited.
 Gandhiji requested for non-
violence movement once again in
jail.

9. 'Quit India' movement,2nd phase
 The arrest of Gandhi and the
Congress leaders led to mass
demonstrations throughout
India.
 Next it became a terrorist
movement .
 The British swiftly
responded with mass
detentions.
.

10. Prominent Leaders
Mohandas Karamchand
Gandhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Jawaharlal Nehru
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

11. Women in the Quit India Movement
 Gandhiji referred woman “as
disciplined soldiers of Indian
freedom“.
 Usha Mehta set up a radio
transmitter, called the `Voice of
Freedom` to disseminate
information in quit India
movement.
 Matangini Hazra,Aruna Asaf
Ali, Sucheta Kripalani

12. Quit India Movement in Bengal
 Large numbers of peasant
joined in protesting
against taxes, landholders
and british.
 Matangini Hazra stepped
forward capturing the
court and the police
station on September 29
the people of Tamluk sub-
division.
 The national govt was
built by Satish Samanta at
Tamluk.

13. Opposition to Quit India
 Hindu Mahasabha andThe
Communist Party of India
strongly opposed the Quit India
movement.
 The Muslim League opposed
Quit India.
 Many Indian businessmen were
profiting from heavy wartime and
did not support Quit India.
 The nationalists had very little
international support.
 The lack of leadership.

14. Conclusion
The quit India movement is one of the most
important event in the history of Indian freedom
struggle aginst British.
Though the movement was unable to achieve
freedom but it succeed to compel the British
government to quit India.
The British government also realizes that the time
had came to quit India.

15. Bibliography