Quit India Movement
On 8 August, 1942, the Congress passed the Quit India Resolution. With this, Gandhiji launched the Quit India Movement. He gave the slogan : Do or die. In no time, the movement spread to all parts of the country. He announced that the British must quit India immediately.
The British once again arrested all major leaders to suppress the movement. New leaders emerged who took over the command of the movement at different places. The movement spread far and wide. The British symbols were destroyed. The army had to be called out at many places, but the agitation continued. Many leaders went underground and led people from their hiding. The important ones of these leaders were Jai Prakash Narayan, Aruna Asaf Ali, Ram Manohar Lohia, Sucheta Kripalani etc. The famine struck Bengal in 1943. The situation was very pitiable then as millions of people perished for want of food. But the British were fully indifferent to this situation. So, everybody opposed the British rule. Thus, the freedom movement grew from strength to strength.
Despite all this, the British government continued to stand firm and strong. But now it was the time for it to face a new Indian challenge coming in the form of Netaji.