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The Gandhian Era & Mass Struggle

India · 1942Quit India: Gandhi's 'Do or Die' and the August 1942 uprising

The Cripps Mission failed, and on 8 August 1942 the AICC adopted the Quit India Resolution with Gandhi's 'Do or Die' call. The Raj arrested the Congress leadership on 9 August, triggering a spontaneous, often violent revolt and parallel governments, as World War II reached India's east with Japan taking Burma and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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Key figures

Mahatma Gandhi — gave the 'Do or Die' call for the Quit India Movement; imprisoned at the Aga Khan Palace, Pune.Lord Linlithgow — Viceroy during the mass arrests and suppression of the 1942 revolt.Stafford Cripps — led the 1942 mission offering post-war dominion status, which Congress and the Muslim League rejected.Aruna Asaf Ali — hoisted the Congress flag at Gowalia Tank on 9 August 1942 and became a symbol of the underground movemUsha Mehta — ran the underground Congress Radio during the Quit India Movement.Captain Mohan Singh — organised the first Indian National Army from Indian prisoners of war in Southeast Asia.

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