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Detailed explanation-1: -On 8 August 1942 at the All-India Congress Committee session in Bombay, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the ‘Quit India’ movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was a protest initiated to demand an end to the British rule in India. The movement was started on August 9, 1942, and since then the day is celebrated as August Kranti Day/Diwas or the Quit India Day.

Detailed explanation-3: -Also known as the India August Movement or August Kranti. It was officially launched by the Indian National Congress (INC) led by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942. (knowindia.gov.in mentions August 1942 as Quit India Movement month/year.) The movement gave the slogans ‘Quit India’ or ‘Bharat Chodo’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yusuf Meherally, a communist and labor unionist who also served as Mayor of Mumbai, coined the slogan “Quit India.” Despite popular belief, Mahatma Gandhi did not coin the slogan “Quit India.” Yusuf Meherally was the one who had done it.