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Why did the Congress pass the Quit India Resolution? How did the government react to it? |
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Answer» The All India Congress Committe met at Bombay on August 8, 1942 and passed the Quit India Resolution. After the Cripps Mission failed, this great Mass struggle for Independence was launched by the Congress. It was the greatest mass challenge to the British authority. It shook the foundations of the British Rule. Gandhiji declared, “I therefore want freedom immediately, this very night before dawn if it can be had.” He also gave a mantra ‘Do or Die”. He said ‘We shall either free India or die in the attempt.’ The movement was the greatest mass challenge to the British authority. It shook the foundations of the British rule in India and showed the British that the masses had immense capacity to suffer and die for the cause of freedom. The government soon arrested all leaders and declared Congress illegal. The government resorted to stem measures to suppress the movement. |
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