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  2. Quit India Movement - Wikipedia

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    The Quit India Movement was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India.

  3. Quit India speech - Wikipedia

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    In August 1942, Indian politician and social activist, Mahatma Gandhi, was a central figure to the Quit India campaign. [3] He was the leader of the Indian National Congress, [4] and the Quit India campaign was a national protest movement based on "satyagraha" (truthful request) [1] that called for an end to British colonial rule in India and the establishment of Indian sovereignty, [5 ...

  4. Mahatma Gandhi - Wikipedia

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    The latter two claimed that it distorted what Gandhi actually said on a range of topics and falsely repudiated the Quit India movement. [162] Gandhi was released before the end of the war on 6 May 1944 because of his failing health and necessary surgery; the Raj did not want him to die in prison and enrage the nation.

  5. His detention comes on the same day Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba Gandhi were arrested in 1942 over the ‘Quit Indiamovement

  6. Gowalia Tank - Wikipedia

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    Gowalia Tank Maidan, officially renamed August Kranti Maidan, [1] is a park in Grant Road West, in South Mumbai, in which Mahatma Gandhi issued the Quit India speech on 8 August 1942. It decreed that unless the British left India immediately, mass agitations would take place.

  7. Congress Radio - Wikipedia

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    Between 5 and 8 August 1942, the Indian National Congress met in Bombay and issued the proclamation of Quit India Movement, demanding that the British Empire withdraw from India. During this session, Gandhi issued a cry, Do or Die in his Quit India speech. Gandhi and a few other leaders from the movement were immediately arrested, resulting in ...

  8. Aga Khan Palace - Wikipedia

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    Aga Khan Palace, Pune Statue depicting the Quit India Movement, Aga Khan Palace, Pune Kasturba Gandhi Samadhi Historically, the palace holds great significance. Mahatma Gandhi, his wife Kasturba Gandhi and his secretary Mahadev Desai were interned in the palace from 9 August 1942 to 6 May 1944, following the launch of Quit India Movement.

  9. Yusuf Meherally - Wikipedia

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    He was a participant of underground movement and was in forefront of Quit India Movement. [5] He coined the term "Quit India" which found the approval of Mahatma Gandhi. [6] In his book Gandhi and Bombay, K Gopalaswami describes how “Quit India” came to be adopted as the slogan amidst other contenders. Shantikumar Morarji noted that during ...