UPSC History Indian National Movement Question Bank Modern History & Indian National Movement - II

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    Which Indian nationalist movement is also known as 'August Movement'?

    A)  Swadeshi Movement

    B)  Civil Disobedience Movement

    C)  Quit India Movement

    D)  Non-Cooperation Movement

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

     The Quit India Act or the August Movement (August Kranti) was a civil disobedience movement launched in India in August 1942 in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for 'Satyagraha'. The call for determined, but passive resistance appears in his call to Do or Die, issued on 8 August at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai on year 1942.


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