Quit India Movement

Rationale

• The fall of Cripps Mission was the initial catalyst for the movement.
• The Indian National Congress was not pleased with the British assumption of unconditional support from India during World War II.
• Among the Indian masses, anti-British sentiments and demands for ultimate independence had grown in popularity.
• The groundwork for the movement had already been laid by two decades of mass agitation, which had taken on a considerably more radical tone under the leadership of different associated and affiliated groups of the Congress, such as the All India Kisan Sabha, Forward Bloc, and others.
• There were militant eruptions across the country, which ....