2017 postage stamp of India commemorating the Quit India Movement
Date
August 8, 1942 (1942-08-08)
Venue
Gowalia Tank Maidan
Type
Speech
Target
British colonial government, Indian public
Organized by
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi, 1942
The Quit India speech was given by Mahatma Gandhi on the eve of the Quit India movement, August 8, 1942. His address was issued shortly before midnight at the Gowalia Tank Maidan park in Bombay (present-day Mumbai),[1] which has since been renamed August Kranti Maidan (August Revolution Ground).
The speech was given in support of Indian independence and the end of British colonial rule. He called for determined, but passive resistance and civil disobedience based on the principles of satyagraha ("truthful request")[1] that signified the certitude that Gandhi foresaw for the movement, best described by his call to "Do or Die".
However, the movement did not end on a high note, since in less than twenty-four hours after giving his speech, Gandhi and almost the entire Indian National Congress leadership were imprisoned by the British colonial government under the grounds of the Defense of India Act.[2] A greater number of Congress leaders would spend the rest of the war in jail. The Quit India speech is commonly referred to as the unifying call to action in pursuit of Indian independence during WWII-wartime India.
^ abJha, Sadan. 2010. "Mahatma Gandhi's Speech To The All India Congress Committee: Document Analysis." Milestone Documents in World History.
^Traboulay, David M. 1997. Mahatma Gandhi's Satyagraha and Non Violent Resistance. City University of New York (CUNY) CUNY Academic Works.
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