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‘The Quit India Movement was a spontaneous revolt of the people against British rule.’ Comment.

  • UPSC 2001
  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

The Quit India Movement of August 1942 is unique among the great Gandhian campaigns for having unfolded almost entirely without its leadership — a fact that has led many historians to call it a spontaneous mass upsurge.

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  • The Case for Spontaneity
  • The Case Against Pure Spontaneity
  • Historians' Assessments
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