Quit India movement
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The Quit India movement was a mass civil disobedience campaign launched in 1942 demanding an end to British colonial rule in India, led prominently by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
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Target entity: Quit India movement Context triple: [Mahatma Gandhi, knownFor, Quit India movement]
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Indian independence movement
The Indian independence movement was a decades-long struggle, led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, to end British colonial rule and establish a sovereign, democratic India.
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Satyagraha
Satyagraha is Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance, emphasizing truth, civil disobedience, and moral courage in the struggle against injustice.
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Partition of India
The Partition of India was the 1947 division of British India into the two independent dominions of India and Pakistan, accompanied by massive communal violence and one of the largest population displacements in history.
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Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, widespread uprising against British rule in India that marked a turning point in the subcontinent’s colonial history and is often regarded as the first war of Indian independence.
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Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Quit India movement Target entity description: The Quit India movement was a mass civil disobedience campaign launched in 1942 demanding an end to British colonial rule in India, led prominently by Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian National Congress.
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A.
Indian independence movement
The Indian independence movement was a decades-long struggle, led by figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, to end British colonial rule and establish a sovereign, democratic India.
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B.
Satyagraha
Satyagraha is Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and method of nonviolent resistance, emphasizing truth, civil disobedience, and moral courage in the struggle against injustice.
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C.
Partition of India
The Partition of India was the 1947 division of British India into the two independent dominions of India and Pakistan, accompanied by massive communal violence and one of the largest population displacements in history.
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D.
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major, widespread uprising against British rule in India that marked a turning point in the subcontinent’s colonial history and is often regarded as the first war of Indian independence.
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E.
Civil Disobedience Movement
The Civil Disobedience Movement was a major Indian nationalist campaign in the early 1930s, led by Mahatma Gandhi, that used mass nonviolent resistance—most famously the Salt March—to challenge British colonial rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian independence movement
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mass civil disobedience campaign ⓘ political movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
August Kranti
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Quit India movement ⓘ
surface form:
Bharat Chhodo Andolan
|
| commemoratedOn | August Kranti Day ⓘ |
| commemorationDate | 9 August ⓘ |
| context | World War II ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| followedBy | post-war negotiations leading to Indian independence ⓘ |
| goal |
Indian independence
ⓘ
end of British rule in India ⓘ |
| inspired |
parallel governments in some Indian districts
ⓘ
underground resistance networks ⓘ |
| leader |
Aruna Asaf Ali
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Jawaharlal Nehru ⓘ Jayaprakash Narayan ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad ⓘ Ram Manohar Lohia ⓘ Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ⓘ |
| location | British India ⓘ |
| method |
boycott of British institutions
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mass protests ⓘ non-violent civil disobedience ⓘ strikes ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
UK government
ⓘ
surface form:
British government
Viceroy of India ⓘ
surface form:
Viceroy Lord Linlithgow
|
| opposedTo | British colonial rule in India ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Indian National Congress ⓘ |
| participants |
Indian National Congress activists
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peasants ⓘ students ⓘ workers ⓘ |
| placeOfProclamation |
Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay
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Mumbai ⓘ |
| precededBy | Civil Disobedience Movement ⓘ |
| proclaimedAt | Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee ⓘ |
| proclaimedBy |
Indian National Congress
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surface form:
All India Congress Committee
Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ |
| result |
mass arrests of Indian leaders
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radicalization of Indian freedom struggle ⓘ strengthening of demand for complete independence ⓘ suppression by British authorities ⓘ |
| significance | major milestone in Indian independence movement ⓘ |
| slogan |
Do or Die
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Quit India movement self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Quit India
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| sloganGivenBy | Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ |
| startDate |
1942-08-08
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8 August 1942 ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | failure of Cripps Mission ⓘ |
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