What did Gandhi say in his Quit India speech?
I and my Ahimsa are on our trail today. If in the present crisis, when the earth is being scorched by the flames of Himsa and crying for deliverance, I failed to make use of the God given talent, God will not forgive me and I shall be judged unworthy of the great gift. I must act now.
When was Gandhi’s Quit India speech?
Mahatma Gandhi’s “Quit India” speech was addressed on August 8th 1942 at Bombay (Modern day Mumbai) to the A.I.C.C (All India Congress Committee[Central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress Party]).
What was the main purpose of Gandhi’s Quit India speech?
Gandhi launched his “Quit India movement in August 1942 in Bombay. This speech was to (encourage) Indians to wage one last struggle for independence or die trying.
What happened after Gandhi’s Quit India speech?
The Congress agreed that Gandhi should lead a nonviolent mass movement and passed their decision as the “Quit India Resolution” on August 8. But late that night, Gandhi and many other members of the Congress were indeed arrested and imprisoned under the Defense of India Rules.
What is the famous slogan of Mahatma Gandhi?
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
What is the importance of Quit India Movement?
1. The movement made British realize that India could not be governed without the support of the Indians. 2.It placed the demand for Complete Independence on the immediate agenda of freedom movement.
What is the tone in Quit India?
The tone was serious and all about what they should do to fight the british peacefully for their own freedom.
Is the Quit India Movement a drive for power?
Ours is not a drive for power, but purely a non-violent fight for India’s independence. In a violent struggle, a successful general has been often known to effect a military coup and to set up a dictatorship. But under the Congress scheme of things, essentially non-violent as it is, there can be no room for dictatorship.
Who is going to rule India when freedom is attained?
The Congress is unconcerned as to who will rule, when freedom is attained. The power, when it comes, will belong to the people of India, and it will be for them to decide to whom it placed in the entrusted.
Why did the British want to leave India?
The proposal for the withdrawal of British power did not come out of anger. It came to enable India to play its due part at the present critical juncture It is not a happy position for a big country like India to be merely helping with money and material obtained willy-nilly from her while the United Nations are conducting the war.
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