Question

The Congress Working Committee passed the famous Quit India Resolution at Wardha in July 1942. With reference to this answer the following question:
(a) What was the impact and significance of this movement?

Answer 1

On 14 July 1942, the Congress Working Committee in Wardha authorised Gandhi to take charge of the non-violent mass movement. The Resolution, generally referred to as the 'Quit India' resolution. On August 8, 1942, Mahatma Gandhi made a Do or Die call in his Quit India speech which was delivered in Bombay at the Gowalia Tank Maidan. The outcome of the movement was that Congress was declared an unlawful association and its offices all over the country were raided. The leaders were arrested and there rose a chaotic moment with this incident. A significant feature of the Quit India Movement was the emergence of what came to be known as parallel governments in some parts of the country. The movement aimed to force the British Government to come to the negotiating table by holding their war effort hostage.