Quit India Movement (1942) in Indian History:
- The failure of the Cripps Mission was the major reason for the beginning of Quit India Movement.
- The All India Congress Committee met at Bombay on August 8, 1942 passed the famous Quit India resolution.
- The Movement began on 9 August 1942.
- On the occasion of the Quit India Movement Gandhiji gave his famous call of ‘Do or Die’.
- The term Quit India was coined by an American Journalist while interviewing Gandhiji.
- ‘‘Quit India’’, ‘‘Bharat Chodo’’ ‘Do or Die’ these were the powerful slogans of Quit India movement.
- Muslim League new slogan during the Movement was ‘‘Divide and Quit’’.
- C. Rajagopalachari evolved, in 1944, a formula called the CR Formula to end the struggle between the Congress and Muslim League.
- Lord Wavell, the then Governor General offered the famous Wavellplan in 1945 at Shimla.
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