it is about the quit india movement

1. QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT

2. WHAT IS QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT
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The Quit India Movement,also
known as the August Kranti
Movement,was a movement
launched at the Bombay session of
the All India Congress
Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on
8th August 1942, during World War
II, demandingan end to British rule
in India.
After the failure of the Cripps
Mission to secure Indian support
for the British war effort, Gandhi
made a call to Do or Die in his Quit
India movement delivered in
Bombay on 8 August 1942 at
the GowaliaTank Maidan

3. Cripps 'Mission'
Failure
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 into WW2.
But the mission fails.
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4. 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.
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5. Resolution for immediate
independence
On August 8, 1942 the Quit India Resolution was passed
at the Bombay session of the All India Congress
Committee(AICC).
It proved to be controversial within the party.
The Congress Working Committee meeting at Wardha
(14 July, 1942) adopted a resolution demanding
complete independence from the British government.
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6. Gandhi's Quit
India speech
➢In his Quit India speech on 8th Aug at Gowalla
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.

7. 'Quit India' movement,
IstPhase
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.
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8. 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.
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9. 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.
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10. Prominent Leaders
•Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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• 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
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12. Opposition to
Quit India
➢Hindu Mahasabha and The 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
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13. 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.
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14. NAMES OF
PARTICIPANTS
WHO
CONTRIBUTED
IN THIS
PRESENTATION
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TUSHAR
SHREYA
TANVIR
TRAINABH
VANSHIKA
VEDANSH
SIMARPREET
SWEETY

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