Question

Where did the 'Quit India' movement begin from?
1. Nagpur
2. Sabarmati
3. Amritsar
4. Mumbai

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Mumbai

The correct answer is Mumbai.

• On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the 'Quit India' movement.
• The next day, Gandhi, Nehru, and many other leaders of the Indian National Congress were arrested by the British Government. 
• The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All-India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India.

• The slogan 'Quit India' was given by Yusuf Meherally.
• The viceroy during the Quit India movement was Lord Mountbatten.
• During the 'Quit India' movement, Mahatma Gandhi gave the slogan 'Do or Die'