When and why was the Quit India Movement launched?
The Quit India Movement was the third most important movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi against the British rule. It was a mass movement. A resolution to this effect was passed in the session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay on 8 August, 1942. Quit India Movement was started after the failure of the Cripps Mission.
What do private letters and autobiographies tell us about an individual? How are these sources different from official accounts?
Find out about the route of the Dandi March. On a map of Gujarat plot the line of the march and mark the major towns and villages that it passed along the route.
Choose any event that took place during the national movement. Try and read the letters and speeches of the leaders of the time. Some of these are now published. He could be a local leader from the region where you live. Try and see how the local leaders viewed the activities of the national leadership at the top. Write about the movement based on your reading..
What did Gandhiji seek to obtain for the security of the peasants of Champaran in 1917?
What did Gandhiji do after his release from prison in 1924?
What did Gandhiji tell the upper castes of a village to do, during his Salt March,if they wanted to get Swaraj?
Why was Salt March notable? Mention two reasons.
Mention any two reasons for the failure of Cripps Mission in India in 1942.
Mention the demands of the Ahmedabad Textile Mill workers for which Gandhiji intervened in settling labour dispute.
State the significance of Gandhiji’s speech at Banaras Hindu University.
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