INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Young Aruna Asaf Ali presided over the remainder of the session on 9 August and hoisted the Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan. This marked the commencement of the movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aruna Asaf Ali was a freedom fighter who rose to prominence during the Quit India Movement. She is known as the ‘Grand Old Lady of Indian Independence’ for her role in the freedom struggle.

Detailed explanation-3: -Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Quit India Movement, also known as the August Kranti Movement, was a movement launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8th August 1942, during World War II, demanding an end to British rule in India.

Detailed explanation-5: -On 8 August 1942, the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee passed the ‘Quit India’ resolution. Gandhiji launched the Quit India campaign in 1942. Q. Which congress session passed the Quit India Movement?