RAS question
The August Revolution (1942) is another name for:
Correct answer: (C) Quit India Movement.
The August Revolution of 1942 is another name for the Quit India Movement.
Explanation
The Quit India Movement is called the August Revolution, or August Kranti, because it began in August 1942 and became the decisive mass upsurge of the freedom struggle. It was launched on 8 August 1942 at the AICC meeting in Bombay, whose Gowalia Tank Maidan later came to be known as August Kranti Maidan. The Press Information Bureau identifies the 75th anniversary of the Quit India Movement as the commemoration of August Kranti, and refers to the 9 August movement as a major, extensive and intense phase of the freedom movement. It also links 1942 with the popular slogan “Quit India” and Gandhi’s call of “do or die”.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The Civil Disobedience Movement belongs to 1930, so it does not match the 1942 August Revolution described in the question.
- (B) The Non-Cooperation Movement was a 1920-22 phase of the national movement, not the 1942 mobilisation associated with August Kranti.
- (D) The Swadeshi Movement is tied to 1905, whereas the August Revolution refers to the 1942 movement carrying the Quit India slogan.
Concept
This tests the chronology and alternate names of major movements in modern Indian history. RAS repeatedly asks such identifiers because they connect dates, slogans and sites of the national movement in one factual cue.