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Manas: History and Politics, Quit India - 2 views

  • e 'Quit India' movement was followed, nonetheless, by large-scale violence directed
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      Focus Question 2.... Quit India campaign- useful info
  • at railway stations, telegraph offices, government buildings, and other emblems and institutions of colonial rule.
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Quit India Campaign - 2 views

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Interesting Facts & Information: tourism, travel, culture, language, business... - 5 views

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      useful info on the movement
  • mass detentions for supporters and leaders alike;
  • The Quit India Movement found a great amount of support as the masses acted together in the hopes of gaining an independent nation.
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  • he Quit India Movement was well received by the people of India but the response was much different back in Britain.
  • Britain attempted to suppress the movement.
  • uit India Movement hoped to negotiate with Britain; these hopes were quashed when the leaders of the movement were jailed by the British.
  • The British had appeared to subdue the calls of Indian independence but in the wake of the suffering of World War Two it was becoming harder for Britain to justify its retention of India as a colony.
  • the movement did create enough turmoil for Britain to come to recognize and classify India as a hostile and occupied county instead of a colony.
  • The Quit India Movement also reinforced nationalist sentiment and opened discussions for a transfer of power from Britain to India
  • he Quit India Movement helped to sustain a desire for democracy and led to the establishment of some institutions
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