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"Do or Die": Mahatma Gandhi's Call That Sparked India's Final Push For Freedom
When the British refused to grant India freedom despite the sacrifices the country made during World War II, Mahatma Gandhi's clarion call of "Do or Die" became the anthem of a nation ready to risk everything.
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Independence Day 2025: History, Events, Significance And All You Need To Know
Independence Day 2025: In 1947, the Quit India Movement resulted in the British leaving the country.
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Vice President Greets Nation On Eve Of Anniversary Of Quit India Movement
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu greeted the nation on the eve of the anniversary of Quit India Movement Day on Sunday.
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Quit India Movement: "Think Of Yourselves As Indians Only," Said Gandhiji
Quit India Movement Day: In the August of 1942, Mahatma Gandhi's fiery speech in Mumbai, giving a 'do or die' call, to the people of India was a final push to make the British quit India. Also known as the Bharat Chodo Andolan or August Kranti Movement, it was launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee. A resolution was also...
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Quit India Movement: Mahatma Gandhi's Call For 'Do Or Die'
Quit India Movement Day: Bharat Chodo Andolan was a turning point in India's freedom struggle. Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, people across India came together to uproot British imperialism. In 1942, in a fiery speech in Mumbai, Mahatma Gandhi gave a 'do or die' call to the people of India in a final push to make the British quit.
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Zeenat Aman To Make Theatre Comeback With A Play On Mahatma Gandhi And Wife Kasturba
The opening play will tell the story of Kasturba living in absence of MK Gandhi as the latter spent his days in the Quit India movement
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'Patriotic' Rock Music Shows At IITs, Central Universities Soon
Students at IITs and central universities across the country would soon groove to patriotic music by rock bands visiting their campuses. The Human Resource Development Ministry has asked these institutions to host music bands who would be performing patriotic numbers
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75th Anniversary Of Quit India Movement: AMU Takes 'Sankalp Parva' Pledge
As the nation is observing 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, various faculties and departments in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today took pledges to observe this Independence Day as 'Sankalp Parva'.
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Monsoon Session Of Parliament Day 18: Highlights
A special session to mark 75 years of the Quit India resolution is planned in both houses of Parliament on Day 18 of the Monsoon session. Retiring members are also slated to give their farewell speeches in the Rajya Sabha.
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PM Modi Talks Of New 'Quit India', This Time For Communalism, Casteism And Poverty
Ahead of the 70th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invoked the Quit India Movement and exhorted the countrymen to use the same spirit to expel problems of communalism, casteism, corruption, terrorism, poverty and dirt from the country by 2022.
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Historic Landmarks Can't Have 'Sequel': Congress On BJP's 'Quit India-2'
A day after Mumbai Congress decried the Maharashtra government's decision to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1942 freedom movement as "Quit India-2", Maharashtra Congress also slammed the move stating a historical event cannot have a "sequel" like that of a film.
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Telangana aftermath: Protests rock Andhra Pradesh, 6 ministers quit
The Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked for "restraint, brotherhood and cordial relations" with people of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, a day after the Centre agreed to form a separate Telangana state. At least six state ministers and as many Congress MLAs resigned in protest against the decision. The announcement to create India's 29th...
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Tamil Nadu Governor pays homage to Pantulu
Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah today paid homage to freedom fighter Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu on the occasion of his 140th "Jayanthi Day." Hailing Pantulu as a "great freedom fighter" in India's independence struggle, Rosaiah said the former had stood in the forefront particularly in the Quit India Movement in 1942.
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My days in the Indian National Army by Lakshmi Sahgal
I came from a political family and was interested in the national movement, but I was determined to finish my studies first. I completed studying medicine at the Madras Medical College in 1940. By this time, the Second World War had broken out and there was a move to recruit all doctors into the (British Indian) Army. I did not want to do that and ...
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Will drop out of campaign if corruption of even Rs 10 is proved: Kejriwal
Facing allegations of financial misconduct, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal today said that he will quit the anti-graft movement if "corruption of even Rs 10 is proved" against him. On the day the movement's audit report for six months starting April was released, Kejriwal also dared the Congress and the BJP to make public information about all th...
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"Do or Die": Mahatma Gandhi's Call That Sparked India's Final Push For Freedom
When the British refused to grant India freedom despite the sacrifices the country made during World War II, Mahatma Gandhi's clarion call of "Do or Die" became the anthem of a nation ready to risk everything.
-
Independence Day 2025: History, Events, Significance And All You Need To Know
Independence Day 2025: In 1947, the Quit India Movement resulted in the British leaving the country.
-
Vice President Greets Nation On Eve Of Anniversary Of Quit India Movement
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu greeted the nation on the eve of the anniversary of Quit India Movement Day on Sunday.
-
Quit India Movement: "Think Of Yourselves As Indians Only," Said Gandhiji
Quit India Movement Day: In the August of 1942, Mahatma Gandhi's fiery speech in Mumbai, giving a 'do or die' call, to the people of India was a final push to make the British quit India. Also known as the Bharat Chodo Andolan or August Kranti Movement, it was launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee. A resolution was also...
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Quit India Movement: Mahatma Gandhi's Call For 'Do Or Die'
Quit India Movement Day: Bharat Chodo Andolan was a turning point in India's freedom struggle. Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, people across India came together to uproot British imperialism. In 1942, in a fiery speech in Mumbai, Mahatma Gandhi gave a 'do or die' call to the people of India in a final push to make the British quit.
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Zeenat Aman To Make Theatre Comeback With A Play On Mahatma Gandhi And Wife Kasturba
The opening play will tell the story of Kasturba living in absence of MK Gandhi as the latter spent his days in the Quit India movement
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'Patriotic' Rock Music Shows At IITs, Central Universities Soon
Students at IITs and central universities across the country would soon groove to patriotic music by rock bands visiting their campuses. The Human Resource Development Ministry has asked these institutions to host music bands who would be performing patriotic numbers
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75th Anniversary Of Quit India Movement: AMU Takes 'Sankalp Parva' Pledge
As the nation is observing 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement, various faculties and departments in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today took pledges to observe this Independence Day as 'Sankalp Parva'.
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Monsoon Session Of Parliament Day 18: Highlights
A special session to mark 75 years of the Quit India resolution is planned in both houses of Parliament on Day 18 of the Monsoon session. Retiring members are also slated to give their farewell speeches in the Rajya Sabha.
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PM Modi Talks Of New 'Quit India', This Time For Communalism, Casteism And Poverty
Ahead of the 70th Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today invoked the Quit India Movement and exhorted the countrymen to use the same spirit to expel problems of communalism, casteism, corruption, terrorism, poverty and dirt from the country by 2022.
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Historic Landmarks Can't Have 'Sequel': Congress On BJP's 'Quit India-2'
A day after Mumbai Congress decried the Maharashtra government's decision to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1942 freedom movement as "Quit India-2", Maharashtra Congress also slammed the move stating a historical event cannot have a "sequel" like that of a film.
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Telangana aftermath: Protests rock Andhra Pradesh, 6 ministers quit
The Congress president Sonia Gandhi asked for "restraint, brotherhood and cordial relations" with people of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions, a day after the Centre agreed to form a separate Telangana state. At least six state ministers and as many Congress MLAs resigned in protest against the decision. The announcement to create India's 29th...
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Tamil Nadu Governor pays homage to Pantulu
Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah today paid homage to freedom fighter Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu on the occasion of his 140th "Jayanthi Day." Hailing Pantulu as a "great freedom fighter" in India's independence struggle, Rosaiah said the former had stood in the forefront particularly in the Quit India Movement in 1942.
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My days in the Indian National Army by Lakshmi Sahgal
I came from a political family and was interested in the national movement, but I was determined to finish my studies first. I completed studying medicine at the Madras Medical College in 1940. By this time, the Second World War had broken out and there was a move to recruit all doctors into the (British Indian) Army. I did not want to do that and ...
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Will drop out of campaign if corruption of even Rs 10 is proved: Kejriwal
Facing allegations of financial misconduct, Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal today said that he will quit the anti-graft movement if "corruption of even Rs 10 is proved" against him. On the day the movement's audit report for six months starting April was released, Kejriwal also dared the Congress and the BJP to make public information about all th...
