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  History Quit India Movement - History Of Ancient, Medieval And Modern India.
The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan) was the final call, the definitive organized movement of civil disobedience for the immediate independence of India from British rule issued by Mahatma Gandhi on August 9, 1942 and made famous by his slogans Do or Die (Karenge Ya Marenge in Hindi) and No Violence (Ahimsa).
On August 8, 1942 the Quit India resolution was passed at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
Quit India graduates used the great discipline and spirit they imbibed to brave the tragedy and travails of the Partition of India, to draft a republican constitution, and to establish the strongest enduring tradition of democracy and freedom in post-colonial Africa and Asia, thus giving birth to the world's largest democracy.
www.bharatadesam.com /history/quit_india_movement.php   (1192 words)

  
 Manas: History and Politics, Quit India
It was not with the consent of the Indian people that India was dragged into the war, nor was this India's war; moreover, the Congress expected, but could not procure, an unconditional offer of British withdrawal from India as a condition of its support.
T he 'Quit India' movement was followed, nonetheless, by large-scale violence directed at railway stations, telegraph offices, government buildings, and other emblems and institutions of colonial rule.
Others have suggested that the 'Quit India' movement was a failure in that it invited the government to unleash repression, and therefore led to the incarceration of the Congress leadership.
www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/Gandhi/Quit.html   (443 words)

  
 Quit India Movement was a failure: RSS chief
Quoting second Sarsanghchalak Guru Golwalkar, RSS chief K C Sudarshan today claimed the Quit India Movement launched by Congress in 1942 was a "failure" and the country became free only when the British were faced with a prospective rebellion by Air Force and Navy in 1946.
''Even Aruna Asaf Ali, one of the integral pillars of the 1942 movement in her musings on Quit India Movement acknowledged the role of an RSS office bearer from Delhi, Lala Hansraj, whose family provided her shelter during the time the police was searching for her,'' Mr Sudarshan claimed.
Clement Attlee, the British Prime Minister at the time India became independent, during his 1956 visit to India, had conceded that it was not due to non-violent struggle of Congress, but the left over of Netaji's armed struggle which clinched freedom for India, Mr Sudarshan claimed.
news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/India/20061015/480519.html   (364 words)

  
 QUIT – INDIA MOVEMENT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The future relations between India and the allied nations will be adjusted by representatives of all these free countries conferring together for their mutual advantage and for their cooperation in the common task of resisting aggression.
Gandhiji believed that the ‘Quit India’ movement would be ‘a fight to the finish’, a ‘do or die’ struggle, the last struggle of his life for India’s independence and that it would be open and non-violent.
India’s cooperation in the war against Japan once again appeared to be necessary as India was to be the base of operations against Japan.
www.careera1.com /Projects/summary/quitindia.htm   (7463 words)

  
 Indian Independence Movement: Key Landmarks in the Indian Freedom Struggle
As the movement grew in strength, there were plans to set up cells of the Ghadar party all over India and thousands of young volunteers attempted to return home and initiate local chapters wherever they could.
The Quit India Movement of 1942 swept across the length and breadth of the country like a mighty tidal wave bringing in its fold people from all walks of life, arousing in them tremendous patriotic fervour and an irresistible urge to act.
India's history provides several inspiring examples of how religious conservatism and social rigidity were challenged and defeated by rational and secular forces.
india_resource.tripod.com /freedom.html   (5422 words)

  
 BANGLAPEDIA: Quit India Movement, 1942   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The third phase of the movements started from about the end of September and was characterised by terrorist activities, sabotage and guerrilla warfare by educated youths and peasant squads.
In any case, in a primary hegemonic struggle as the Indian National Movement was, preparedness for struggle cannot be measured by the volume of immediate organisational activity but by the degree of hegemonic influence that the movement has acquired over the people.
The gravity and extent of the Quit India movement by linlithgow's own admission may be compared to those of the Revolt of 1857.
banglapedia.org /HT/Q_0017.HTM   (1381 words)

  
 The Cripps Mission, Quit India Resolution, Indian National Army   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Quit India Movement, 1942 an important event of the Indian freedom struggle, was the outcome of a compound of anti-white fury.
During and after the Quit India upsurge, the British in documents like Tottenhams' Report painted the whole outburst as a 'deliberate fifth columnist conspiracy', intending to strengthen the Axis powers.
The Quit India movement was thus not a controlled volunteer movement like Gandhi's previous movements of 1920-22 and 1930-34.
www.indhistory.com /1942-revolutions.html   (2898 words)

  
 The Hindu : Karnataka / Mysore News : When students took lead in Quit India Movement
An eventful chapter in India's freedom struggle — the Quit India Movement — the anniversary of which is observed on August 9, calls for reminiscence of the qualities and sacrifices of a generation that is fast fading from our midst.
But the Quit India Movement generated nationalistic sentiments and evoked spontaneous response from the public, notably the student community in Mysore, the kind of which was not witnessed earlier in the erstwhile Mysore State.
So when the Quit India Movement was launched on the midnight of August 9 and leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi were put behind bars, the student community in Mysore boycotted classes and took to the streets.
www.hindu.com /2004/08/09/stories/2004080902450300.htm   (614 words)

  
 They fought for freedom too - The Times of India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
India's magnificent contribution to the victory in World War II was second only in importance to the freedom struggle under Mahatma Gandhi.
India's ambassador to France, Narender Singh Sarela, in a forthcoming book argues that the events of 1940-45 had more impact on the decision to partition India than results of the 1946 elections or Jinnah's hold on Muslim public opinion.
The impact of World War II on India, India's contribution to the outcome of that war and its consequences and the interface of the freedom struggle and the war effort are not adequately researched subjects.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1102835.cms   (700 words)

  
 The Quit India Movement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Under the leadership of Gandhi the Quit India Movement was launched.
This Movement got off to a rocky start because before Congress could pass the movement the government declared it illegal and arrested all of the major leader.
The last phase in the movement was a difficult one characterized by terrorist activity against communication, police and army installations.
members.tripod.com /IndiaProject/quit.html   (389 words)

  
 Quit India Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Quit India Movement (Bharat Chhodo Andolan or the August Movement) was a civil disobedience movement in India launched in August 1942 in response to Mahatma Gandhi's call for immediate independence of India.
However, much as it might have disconcerted the Raj, the movement may be deemed to have ultimately failed to bring the Raj to its knees and the negotiating table for immediate transfer of power, as it aimed to.
Some photographs taken by an individual Satyagrahi during the Quit India Movement at Bangalore, (present capital of the State of Karnataka), are also shown.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Quit_India_Movement   (2177 words)

  
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The committee is of the opinion that Britain is incapable of defending India.
India's participation in the war has not been with the consent of the representatives of the Indian people.
Foreign soldiers: The committee is of the opinion that it is harmful to India's interests, and dangerous to the cause of India's freedom, to introduce foreign soldiers in India.
www.ibiblio.org /pha/policy/1942/420427a.html   (1027 words)

  
 India Resource Center - Major Rally Against Coca-Cola in India
India Resource Center investigations, for example, have found that while the franchisee claims to have secured permission for extracting 500,000 liters of water per day, the state Pollution Control Board documents have earmarked 900,000 liters for the plant.
The Supreme Court of India will be hearing three cases relating to Coca-Cola's crimes in India, and calls for shutting down Coca-Cola bottling plants are getting stronger across India, with literally tens of thousands of community members involved in the campaign to hold the company accountable.
India Resource Center is making this article available in our efforts to advance the understanding of corporate accountability, human rights, labor rights, social and environmental justice issues.
www.indiaresource.org /news/2005/1093.html   (715 words)

  
 What makes MNCs quit India- The Times of India
few seem aware that foreign investors are leaving india in such numbers that it deserves to be called the second quit india movement.
the quit india movement of foreign investors is not limited to power and telecom.
first, india remains a country bristling with hassles, red tape, corruption, difficulties in collecting dues, and (in the enron case) unilateral abrogation of contracts.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1602986123.cms   (978 words)

  
 Quit India movement was a failure: RSS chief : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Quit India movement was a failure: RSS chief : HindustanTimes.com
RSS chief KS Sudershan on Sunday described the 'Quit India' movement launched in 1942 as a "failure" and launched a frontal attack on Congress for claiming itself to be the sole flag-bearer of freedom movement.
Addressing a party rally, he said the Congress leadership, during the Quit India movement could not realise the objective of freedom from British rule as it took several more years to rid ourself from the colonial yoke.
hindustantimes.com /news/181_1821029,0006.htm   (221 words)

  
 Quit India movement was a failure: RSS chief - Sify.com
Quit India movement was a failure: RSS chief - Sify.com
Varanasi: RSS chief K S Sudarshan on Sunday described the Quit India movement launched in 1942 as a "failure" and launched a frontal attack on Congress for claiming itself to be the sole flag-bearer of the freedom movement.
Addressing a party rally, he said the Congress leadership, during the Quit India movement could not realise the objective of freedom from British rule as it took several more years to rid the country from the colonial yoke.
sify.com /news/fullstory.php?id=14312100   (238 words)

  
 India Gains Independence, Pakistan Created
At the stroke of midnight at the beginning of today, India became an independent state, putting an end to the long struggle, most intense these last 30 years, for freedom from rule by the British government.
It was the "Quit India" movement began by Gandhi in August, 1942 which galvanized the populist feeling against rule from London.
The entire Congress leadership was jailed by the British after the "Quit India" movement was begun but, by then, the fervour for independence had reached grass roots level.
www.dailypast.com /asia/india-independent.shtml   (988 words)

  
 Events : Newsletters-9th August,1942-"Quit India Movement"
The historic session of the All India Congress Committee began on the 7th August 1942 and was concluded after midnight of 8th/9th August 1942 at Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai.
The resolution which came to be known as 'Quit India Resolution' created on 'electrifying atmosphere' in the country.
Gandhi conferred with his colleagues for the appropriate slogan for the movement against British to leave India.
www.gandhi-manibhavan.org /activities/quit_india.htm   (403 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Sardar Patel wanted to launch the Quit India movement earlier
Patel told AICC delegates a day before the movement was formally launched about British betrayal and untrustworthy character of the Japanese which had brought the country to the brink.
The official resolution of the Congress Working Committee, demanding withdrawal of British power from India and vesting leadership in Gandhi to conduct a mass movement in case this demand was not accepted by the British was moved before the AICC in its August 7 session.
The Quit India resolution which Patel wanted the Congress Working Committee to pass at Wardha in July in spite of Nehru's opposition, was finally passed at the Bombay session of the AICC on August 8, 1942.
www.rediff.com /news/apr/22patel.htm   (854 words)

  
 TECH TALK: The New Quit India Movement -- Monday, June 3, 2002
India and Pakistan have little to gain from a war except that the politicians and generals can consolidate power.
India’s strategy has succeeded to the extent that suddenly the world has woken up to what was happening in South Asia and every major leader has an opinion on the matter.
I believe that emerging markets like India have a great opportunity in the coming years to use new technologies to make their countries Great, like they once were.
www.emergic.org /archives/indi/002612.php   (891 words)

  
 4L - HistoryQuest - myFolder - Quit India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
After 1942 Gandhi led the Quit India movement calling for British withdrawal that finally succeeded with Indian independence in 1947, although India and Pakistan were divided against his wishes.
The 1935 Government of India Act was one of the most important of these reforms, giving responsible government to the regions and a form of federal assembly.
There was a mass movement of 5.5 million refugees between the two countries, and 250,000 people or more were killed in the fighting between the religious and political groups of India and Pakistan.
www.4learning.co.uk /historyquest/dossier/hq_dossier_game_72.html   (940 words)

  
 Contribution : Quit India Movement - Sify.com
Even after more than half a century, the "Quit India" resolution adopted by the Indian National Congress stands out as a landmark event in the country's history.
The trigger for the resolution was the failure of the British Cabinet Mission led by Sir Stafford Cripps, Lord Privy Seal.
India had been made a belligerent without the concurrence of Indian leaders.
sify.com /itihaas/fullstory.php?id=13260616   (683 words)

  
 MSN INDIA - Quit India movement was a failure: RSS chief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Varanasi: RSS chief K Sudershan has described the 'Quit India' movement launched in 1942 as a "failure" and launched a frontal attack on the Congress for claiming itself to be the sole flag-bearer of the freedom movement.
Addressing a party rally, he said the Congress leadership, during the Quit India movement, could not realise the objective of freedom from the British rule as it took several more years to free the country from the colonial yoke.
Referring to Sangh Parivar's mission to usher in socio-economic and cultural transformation of the country by uniting Hindutva forces, Sudershan asked the majority community to do away with the practice of untouchability and caste-based hierarchy.
content.msn.co.in /News/National/Nationalpti_161006_0845.htm   (363 words)

  
 For this Arjuna, Krishna is communal and anti-'secular'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A convention was held on August 8, 2004, on the eve of the 52nd anniversary of the `Quit India' movement.
The All-India Muslim League, which was the mother of the Indian Union Muslim League to which Minister E Ahmed belongs, had actually opposed the Quit India movement.
For, to him, anything that is special to India, be it the Upanishads or the Gita, or the Ramayana or the Thirukkural, is anathema.
www.hvk.org /articles/0804/45.html   (678 words)

  
 Freedom Movement Of India - Netaji - 2  (81)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Quit India movement and INA, both were unsuccessful.
In February 1945 the Royal Indian Navy revolted against the British which was followed by the Air Force as well.
The British were convinced by then that they could not keep India under their thrall much longer.
www.freeindia.org /freedom_movement/page81.htm   (107 words)

  
 Navhind Times on the Web: India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Women were in the forefront in the movement working shoulder to shoulder with their husbands in whatever little way they could.
One corner of the maidan is a park which houses the smarak or martyr monument which is a white marble tower that cradles a pink lotus atop it.
The resolution came to be known as the Quit India resolution and was passed unanimously at the AICC convention.
www.navhindtimes.com /articles.php?Story_ID=080927   (675 words)

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