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Events on Saturday 8 August 1942 1
1942Quit India Movement launchedGandhi calls for an immediate end to British ruleThe All-India Congress Committee passed the Quit India resolution in Bombay, and Gandhi urged Indians to "Do or Die". The British arrested Gandhi and almost the entire Congress leadership within hours. Mass protests followed and were put down harshly.