After the failure of the Cripps Mission the Congress decided
to take active steps to compel the British to quit India. On 8 August 1942 the
all India Congress Committee adopted a resolution in favour of starting a mass
movement on a large scale. Gandhi inspired the people and gave a slogan. He
said we shall either free India from the clutches of the British or We should
die in this attempt. “This slogan became popular in the form of “Do or Die”.
Gandhi further said that we should not live to see the
perpetuation of our slavery. Congress demanded the immediate end of British
rule. Riots broke out all over the country. People set fire to police stations,
post offices, railway satiation and other public hand to suppress the revolt.
Gandhi was arrested and Congress was declared an illegal organization.
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