What was the another name of Quit India Movement?

The correct answer is August Kranti.

Key Points

• Another name of the Quit India movement in the August movement as it was launched on 8th August 1942 by Mahatma Gandhi during the world war II.
• The reason behind this movement was to make India free from British rule.
• After the failure of the “Cripps Mission”, Gandhi decided to initiate his third movement against “British rule”.
• In July 1942, the Congress Working Committee met at Wardha.
• Here a long resolution was passed that demanded that the “British Rule in India must end immediately”.
• This resolution was an outcome of the change in the attitude of Congress and Gandhi himself towards the British.

Important Points

• The Wardha Resolution is also known as “Quit India Resolution”.
• This resolution was ratified in the All India Congress Committee at Bombay on August 7, 1942.
• Here a nonviolent mass struggle under the leadership of Gandhi was sanctioned in the “August Kranti Maidan”. 
• Gandhi made the following statement in his speech:
  • ​"Every one of you should from this moment onwards consider yourself a free man or woman and act as if you were free……I am not going to be satisfied with anything short of freedom. You should do or die. We shall either free India or die in the attempt”.
• Within a week, almost all the leaders of Congress were in jails.
• From August 9 to August 13, there was a widespread disturbance in Bombay, Ahamadabad, Poona, and Delhi.
• However, after that, the movement started deteriorating. It was followed by widespread strikes and other outbreaks.
• All of them are commonly called the “Great August Uprising“.