In which year was the Quit India Movement launched?

Question

In which year was the Quit India Movement launched?

1. A. 1939
2. B. 1940
3. C. 1942 (Correct answer)
4. D. 1946

Correct Answer

Option C — 1942

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is 1942.

Key Points

• The Quit India Movement was launched on 8 August 1942 at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee, at Gowalia Tank Maidan.
• Gandhi gave the call "Do or Die", and the entire Congress leadership was arrested within hours under Operation Zero Hour.
• It followed the failure of the Cripps Mission earlier that year.

Additional Information

• Left leaderless, the movement turned spontaneous and largely underground, directed by Jayaprakash Narayan, Ram Manohar Lohia, Aruna Asaf Ali and Usha Mehta, who ran the secret Congress Radio.
• Parallel governments were set up at Ballia (Chittu Pandey), Tamluk (Jatiya Sarkar), Satara (Prati Sarkar) and Talcher.
• Sequence for revision: Non-Cooperation 1920-22 → Civil Disobedience 1930-34 → Quit India 1942.