8 August in Hindu history
8 August 19428 August 1942 – 1944
Quit India resolution at Gowalia Tank
The Congress passes the Quit India resolution in Bombay and Gandhi gives the call ‘Do or die’. By the next morning the leaders are in jail and the country rises; 9 August is August Kranti Din.
Quit India Movement
With the words Do or Die, Gandhi called for the British to quit India; within hours the leaders were in jail and the country rose in the largest revolt since 1857.