Quit India Movement (QIM) 1942
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QIM appears frequently in UPSC Prelims as standalone factual questions on launch date, key leaders, slogans, and British response. Examiners test specific details: Cripps Mission rejection context, Wavell Plan timing, and distinguishing QIM from Civil Disobedience. Common errors: confusing launch dates with declaration, mixing up key leaders' roles, and misremembering the 'Open Rebellion' vs 'Peaceful Resistance' distinction.
Do or Die—Gandhi's clarion call August 1942
All India Congress Committee meeting Bombay—movement launch site
British suppression: mass arrests, police brutality, newspaper bans
Decentralized, spontaneous uprising—no centralized command structure
Individual Satyagraha bridge between QIM and post-war Independence