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Why is the Quit India Movement characterised as a ‘Spontaneous Revolution’? Did it accelerate the process of Indian independence?

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  • Rise of Gandhi and the Gandhian Era

Launched in August 1942 with Gandhi's call to "Do or Die," the Quit India Movement is distinguished from the Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience Movements by the near-total absence of central leadership through most of its course — a feature that has led historians to characterise it as a "Spontaneous Revolution."

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  • Why the Movement Was Launched
  • Reasons for Characterising it as "Spontaneous"
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  • Did it Accelerate Indian Independence?

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