August Movement
E269115
August Movement, also known as August Kranti, refers to the 1942 Quit India Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against British colonial rule in India.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| August Movement canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2458009 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: August Movement Context triple: [August Kranti, alsoKnownAs, August Movement]
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April Revolution
The April Revolution was a 1960 pro-democracy uprising in South Korea that overthrew the authoritarian Syngman Rhee regime and paved the way for short-lived democratic reforms.
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April Revolution
The April Revolution was a 1965 uprising in the Dominican Republic that sparked the Dominican Civil War and led to U.S. military intervention amid Cold War tensions.
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C.
August General Uprising
August General Uprising is the alternative name for Vietnam’s August Revolution of 1945, a nationwide insurrection that led to the collapse of French and Japanese control and the establishment of an independent Vietnamese government under the Viet Minh.
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D.
October Days
October Days refers to the 1789 Women’s March on Versailles during the French Revolution, when thousands of Parisians, many of them women, marched to demand bread and confront King Louis XVI, forcing the royal family to move to Paris.
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E.
Revolución de Abril de 1965
Revolución de Abril de 1965 fue un levantamiento cívico-militar en la República Dominicana que desencadenó la intervención militar de Estados Unidos y marcó un punto de inflexión en la historia política del país durante la Guerra Fría.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: August Movement Target entity description: August Movement, also known as August Kranti, refers to the 1942 Quit India Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against British colonial rule in India.
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A.
April Revolution
The April Revolution was a 1960 pro-democracy uprising in South Korea that overthrew the authoritarian Syngman Rhee regime and paved the way for short-lived democratic reforms.
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B.
April Revolution
The April Revolution was a 1965 uprising in the Dominican Republic that sparked the Dominican Civil War and led to U.S. military intervention amid Cold War tensions.
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C.
August General Uprising
August General Uprising is the alternative name for Vietnam’s August Revolution of 1945, a nationwide insurrection that led to the collapse of French and Japanese control and the establishment of an independent Vietnamese government under the Viet Minh.
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D.
October Days
October Days refers to the 1789 Women’s March on Versailles during the French Revolution, when thousands of Parisians, many of them women, marched to demand bread and confront King Louis XVI, forcing the royal family to move to Paris.
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E.
Revolución de Abril de 1965
Revolución de Abril de 1965 fue un levantamiento cívico-militar en la República Dominicana que desencadenó la intervención militar de Estados Unidos y marcó un punto de inflexión en la historia política del país durante la Guerra Fría.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian independence movement
ⓘ
civil disobedience campaign ⓘ mass protest ⓘ |
| cause | demand for immediate end of British rule in India ⓘ |
| commemorationDate | August 9 ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| dateOfGandhiSpeech | 1942-08-08 ⓘ |
| GandhiCall | Do or Die ⓘ |
| hasAlias |
August Kranti
ⓘ
Quit India movement ⓘ
surface form:
Quit India Movement
|
| hasCommemoration |
August Kranti Day
ⓘ
surface form:
August Kranti Diwas
|
| inspiredBy | Gandhian philosophy of non-violence ⓘ |
| languageOfSlogan |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| leader | Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ |
| location | British India ⓘ |
| mainParticipant |
Aruna Asaf Ali
ⓘ
Indian National Congress ⓘ Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Jayaprakash Narayan ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ Ram Manohar Lohia ⓘ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ Subhas Chandra Bose ⓘ |
| method |
boycott
ⓘ
civil disobedience ⓘ mass strikes ⓘ non-violent resistance ⓘ |
| opponent |
British Empire
ⓘ
British colonial government in India ⓘ |
| opposedTo | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Indian National Congress ⓘ |
| partOf | Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| placeOfGandhiSpeech | Gowalia Tank Maidan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
British repression in India
ⓘ
Indian National Congress session of 1942 ⓘ Indian independence in 1947 ⓘ |
| result |
strengthening of Indian demand for independence
ⓘ
suppression by British authorities ⓘ widespread arrests of Indian leaders ⓘ |
| significance | major turning point in Indian freedom struggle ⓘ |
| slogan |
Do or Die
ⓘ
Quit India movement ⓘ
surface form:
Quit India
|
| startDate | 1942-08-08 ⓘ |
| startPlace |
Mumbai
ⓘ
surface form:
Bombay
Gowalia Tank Maidan ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II ⓘ |
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Subject: August Movement Description of subject: August Movement, also known as August Kranti, refers to the 1942 Quit India Movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against British colonial rule in India.
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