In an effort to free India from British rule, Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India Movement in Mumbai in 1942.
Mahatma Gandhi launched the August Movement, also known as the Quit India Movement, at the All India Congress Committee meeting in Bombay on August 8, 1942, during World War II, calling for an end to British rule in India. Gandhi's Quit India speech, delivered in Bombay on August 8, 1942 at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, was a call to action following the Cripps Mission's failure to win Indian support for the British war effort.
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