Question

During Quit India Movement, Gandhiji was detained at :

• A. Cellular Jail in Andaman
• B. Yerwada Jail in Pune
• C. Ranchi Jail in Bihar
• D. Agha Khan Palace in Pune

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Agha Khan Palace in Pune

Quit India Movement

• It was a mass movement against the British government launched in the All India Congress Committee session held at Bombay on 8 August 1942.

• The session demanded the British to hand over all administrative powers to the Indians and to quit India.

• Gandhiji gave the slogan "Do or Die".

• Many Congress leaders were arrested. Gandhiji and his wife Kasturba were imprisoned at the Agha Khan Palace in Pune.

• Aruna Asaf Ali and Jayaprakash Narayan went underground and led the Quit India Movement while in hiding. Gandhiji described Aruna Asaf Ali as the 'leader of the Quit India Movement'.

• In Kerala, the Quit India Movement began with a hartal on 9 August 1942. Leaders of the hartal like M.P. Narayana Menon, K. Kelappan, E. Moidu Maulavi and A.V. Kuttimalu Amma were arrested.

• 9 August is observed as ‘Quit India Day'.