August Movement

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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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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 ⓘ
linked to: Quit India movement
hasCommemoration August Kranti Diwas ⓘ
linked to: August Kranti Day
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 ⓘ
linked to: Quit India movement
startDate 1942-08-08 ⓘ
startPlace Bombay ⓘ
linked to: Mumbai

Gowalia Tank Maidan ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ

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August Kranti → alsoKnownAs → August Movement ⓘ