Topic of the day(Quit India Movement with video from pib)

Topic

1.Context

2.Demand

3.Means

4.British Response

5.Who was against the movement

6.Who supported the movement

7.Result-immediate and long term

8.Reason of failure

9.Event during the war

10.Mass participation

11.feature of movement

13.Spontaneous or organised movement

14.Violence in conflict with gandhiji's non-violence approach.

15.qustn for mains

16.qustn for prelims

Another Name-India August Movement

Context of movement-

1.Cripps mission failed

2.World War 2 was going on 

3.British Joined without Indian Consent

4.Subhash Chandra Bose reorganized Indian National Army

5.INC asked for 

6.Churchill Succeded as PM of Britain---who was non-sympathiser to the Indian demand.

7.Indvidual Satyagraha have already been conducted

8.threat of japanese invasion to india

9.realisation of national leaders of the incapacity of british to defend India.

10.Popular discontent, rising price and war time shortage.

11.imminent british collapse.

12.people becoming demoralised

Demand

1.Independence of India

Means

1.Do or Die

British Response

1.Almost Entire INC leadership behind bar within hours of gandhi's speech

2.Refused to grant independence, saying it to be only after war

3.Killing of people, suppreseed even basic liberties

AgaiNST the movement

1.All India Muslim Leaque

2.Princely state

3.CPI---though many worker of party participated in the movement

4.Hindu Mahasabha and RSS

Who Supported movement

1.Many Indian Businessman

2.Outside Support--America--Roosevelt pressurized Churchill to give in to Indian demand

Result

-Immediate

1.Failed

-Long term

1.British realised that they have coudnt rule india

2.Demand of independence got the immediate attention

Reason for failure

1.Heavy-handed suppression

2.Lack of coordination

3.clear cut action was not there

Event during the war

1.Local Violence--most in bihar

2.parallel government in midnapore, ballia in UP, Satara in Maharashtra

3.Congress party banned---which created sympathy toward masses

Mass Participation

1.Worker---striked

2.Student were ar forefront

3.Women played imp role like Aruna Asaf Ali and Sucheta Kripalani

4.Peasant of all strata participated.

5.Big zamindar maintained neutrality and refused to assist the british eg-Raja of Darbhanga

5.Government official at the local level were generous

6.Muslim Leaque---even supported underground worker.

Features

1.Underground Working-using radio stations with leaders like Achyut Patwardhan, Aruna Asaf Ali, Sucheta Kripalani

2.Gandhiji 21 day strike which increases public morale during leaderless struggle, anti-British feeling heightened.

3.Common people demonstrated unparallel heriosm and militancy

4.No communal violence.

Was it spontaneous outburst or organised rebellion.??

1.The level of spontaneity was there in earlier movement as well---as a pattern of gandhian movement, with leader spelling out just broad programme.

2.Though, in QIM broad programme was also not spelt oit properly as movement was yet to be formally launched, but degree of spontaneity was sanctioned by leaders itself by resolution

3.Congress has been organising the people since Civil Disobedience Movement, Congress ministries made people ready for the mass movement.

4.Organised thru indvidual satyagraha

Use of Violence during the movement in the context of Gandhiji's Non-Violence strategy.?

1.Gandhiji it is a reaction of  much bigger violence of the state

2.Gandhiji non-violence strategy believes that reacting even in violence form is better than passively accepting the injustice

Qustn for mains

1.What were the reason for Quit India Movement? How is it different from earlier mass struggle?.

Qustn for prelims

1.Select the order of event

(i)-August offer

(ii)-Cripps Mission

(iii)-End of WW2

(iv)-End of QIM

A-(i), (ii),(iii),(iv)

B-(ii),(i),(iv),(iii)

C-(ii),(i),(iii),(iv)

D-(i),(ii),(iv),(iii)