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How was the Quit India Movement different from other popular movements organised earlier by Mahatma Gandhi?
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The Quit India Movement was the spontaneous participation of the masses compared to the other Gandhian movements like non-cooperation and civil disobedience. Before the congress could start the movement, the Government struck hard and arrested all the Congress leaders including Gandhiji. This led to a mass upsurge all over the country in the form of the Quit India Movement.
Unlike other movements, Quit India Movement made independence of India as the only agenda of the National movement. It made it clear that the British would no longer find it possible to rule India against the wishes of its people.
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(Mahatma Gandhi addressing the Congress delegates on the night of 8 August, 1942)
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(c) Why were the proposals of this Mission rejected by both the Congress and the Muslim League?
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