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The Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1942 in protest against sending Indian troops to fight in World War II and demanded the immediate independence of India from the British.

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The Quit India Movement was launched by Mahatma 
Gandhi in 1942 in protest against sending Indian 
troops to fight in World War II and demanding the 
immediate independence of India from the British.

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The Quit India movement was endorsed after talks 
between the Congress and the British had failed. 
Indians were urged to act as an independent nation 
and not follow orders of the British.

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Gandhi and other senior Congress leaders were im-
prisoned. Mass protests broke out all over the country 
which were followed by bomb attacks, sabotage and 
violence. The Muslim League declared its support for 
the British and by doing this, were able to spread the 
message of Islam freely.

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The British responded to the protests by staging mass 
arrests, implementing heavy fines and airdropping of 
bombs. The rebel movement which had resorted to 
violence to gain independence was now working 
against Gandhi's principles of non-violence. This left 
the movement leaderless and fizzled out over the 
next year. 

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In 1946,  the Royal Indian Navy called a strike and 
Indian sailors too, mutinied. The strike spread and the 
Indian population supported it. Soon, the Air Force and 
the local police forces joined in. There were more riots 
and revolts.
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