The Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942 to demand an end to British rule in India. Led by Mahatma Gandhi, it became a mass uprising during World War II.

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• Launched on 8 August 1942 in Bombay
• Led by Mahatma Gandhi and Congress leadership
• Slogan given Do or Die
• Immediate demand British withdrawal from India
• Sparked nationwide protests and strikes
• Leaders arrested within hours of launch
• Movement largely leaderless but mass-based
• Students, workers, peasants actively participated
• British used repression, arrests, force
• Marked final phase of India’s freedom struggle