Quit India Movement Essay Example

support among a large number of Indians at an unprecedented level. All the members of the party’s working committee were arrested and imprisoned at the Ahmednagar Fort. Due to the arrest of major leaders, a young leader Aruna Asaf Ali presided over the AICC session on August 9 and hoisted the flag.

Later the Congress party was banned. These actions only created sympathy for the cause among the population. Despite lack of direct leadership, large scale protest and demonstrations were held all over the country. Workers remained absent in masses and strikes were called. However not all demonstrations were peaceful. At some places bombs exploded, government buildings were set on fire, electricity was cut and transport and communication lines were severed.

The British swiftly responded with mass detentions over 100,000 arrests were made nationwide, mass fines were levied and demonstrators were subjected to public flagging. Hundreds of resisters and innocent people were killed in police and army shootings and many national leaders went underground. It is certain that a population of million had been motivated as it never had before to claim independence as a non negotiable goal and every act of defiance and rebellion reinforced the nationalist sentiment. Event Related Images : (Show Images... )