79th Quit India Day Movement

 


79TH QUIT INDIA DAY


The Quit India Movement also known as India August Movement or Bharat ChodoAndolan was launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) by Mahatma Gandhi on August 8, 1942.

The protest was initiated to demand an end to the British rule in India. Since the movement was held in August it is also known as August Kranti or August Movement.

Mumbai’s Gowalia Tank Maidan also known as August KrantiMaidan is the place where Mahatma Gandhi delivered his speech marking the beginning of the Quit India Movement. Mahatma along with other leaders gathered here on August 8 and 9, 1942. The maidan also houses a monument as a tribute to the historical event.

In his speech at Mumbai’s Gowalia Tank, Gandhiji called the nation to ‘Do or Die’ in his speech. Within hours of the speech, almost the entire INC was imprisoned without trial.

Several national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Abdul Kalam Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru and SardarVallabhbhai Patel were arrested.

The final phase of the movement was marked on September 1942 where mobs getting together and bombings in government places of Mumbai and Madhya Pradesh.

The British refused to grant immediate independence and stated that it could only be granted after the war ended. Finally, India got independence in 1947.

 

The Uttar Pradesh government has planned a host of celebrations that will start from Kakori Shaheed Smarak in Lucknow on August 9 and has instructed every district administration to organise programmes at places associated with the freedom struggle.

Under the “AzadikaAmritMahotsava” campaign, 75 places have been selected from across the country to organise programmes and competitions to mark the occasion. The government has also directed officials to felicitate the families of freedom fighters on the occasion.


by HetikaKathuria

 

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