When is quit India day celebrated?
When is quit India day celebrated?
Quit India day is celebrated on August 9 in the year 1942. The Quit India Movement was launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headed by Mahatma Gandhi which was held on August 8, 1948. It was a massive protest initiated to demand an elimination and end to the British rule in India. The movement was started on August 9, 1942. Since that time, the day is celebrated as August Kranti Day/Diwas or the Quit India Day. The day is celebrated by paying tribute and homage to freedom fighters with national integration speeches and other cultural events.
About Quit India movement
- Officially launched by the Indian National Congress (INC) led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 9 August 1942
- This movement gave birth to the slogans ‘Quit India’ or ‘Bharat Chodo’. Gandhi also gave the slogan to the people ‘Do or die’
- In parallel with the Congress ideology, the movement was supposed to be a peaceful non-violent movement that aimed at urging the British to grant India independence
- The Quit India Resolution was passed and signed by the Congress Working Committee on 8 August 1942 in Bombay. Gandhi was nominated as the movement’s leader.
- The resolution stated the provisions of the movement as:
(a) An immediate end to British rule over our country
(b)Declaration of the commitment of free India to defend itself against all sorts of imperialism and fascism
(c)Formation of a provisional and organised government of India after the British withdrawal
(d)Sanctioning and signing a civil disobedience movement against British rule
Quit India day is celebrated on August 9 in the year 1942. The Quit India Movement was launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headed by Mahatma Gandhi which was held on August 8, 1948. It was a massive protest initiated to demand an elimination and end to the British rule in India. The movement was started on August 9, 1942. Since that time, the day is celebrated as August Kranti Day/Diwas or the Quit India Day. The day is celebrated by paying tribute and homage to freedom fighters with national integration speeches and other cultural events.
About Quit India movement
- Officially launched by the Indian National Congress (INC) led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on 9 August 1942
- This movement gave birth to the slogans ‘Quit India’ or ‘Bharat Chodo’. Gandhi also gave the slogan to the people ‘Do or die’
- In parallel with the Congress ideology, the movement was supposed to be a peaceful non-violent movement that aimed at urging the British to grant India independence
- The Quit India Resolution was passed and signed by the Congress Working Committee on 8 August 1942 in Bombay. Gandhi was nominated as the movement’s leader.
- The resolution stated the provisions of the movement as:
(a) An immediate end to British rule over our country
(b)Declaration of the commitment of free India to defend itself against all sorts of imperialism and fascism
(c)Formation of a provisional and organised government of India after the British withdrawal
(d)Sanctioning and signing a civil disobedience movement against British rule
