1. On 8th August 1942 Quit India Resolution was passed and Gandhi gave the slogan ‘Do or Die’.
2. It was an undying mass movement.
3. K. Kamaraj worked underground and organised people during the quit India movement.
4. The movement was wide spread in Tamil Nadu.
5. All section of society participated in this movement.
6. There were large number of workers strike such as strikes in Bukingham and camatic Mills, Madras Port Trust, Madras, Corporation and Madras Tramway.
7. Telegraph and Telephone lines were cut and public buildings were burnt at Vellore and Panapakkam.
8. The airport in Sulur was attacked and trains derailed in Coimbatore.
9. Congress volunteers clashed with the military in Madurai.
10. There were police firings at Rajapalayam Karaikudi and Devakottai.
11. Many young men and women also joined Indian National Army.
12. Students of various colleges took active part in the protests.
13. The Quit India Movement was suppressed by the British with brutal force.
