- By Priyanka Munshi
- Thu, 08 Aug 2024 11:24 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Quit India Movement 2024: Today, August 8, people from all across the nation are observing Quit India Movement Day. The Indian National Congress and Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India Movement, a pivotal moment in India's fight for independence from British rule. This movement was a significant and audacious step towards overthrowing British colonialism in India. The Quit India Movement is significant because it demanded that the British "quit India" and called for swift independence.
Mahatma Gandhi's words demonstrated the common yearning for independence and spurred millions of Indians to join the fight. The movement fostered a spirit of national unity, bringing people together from different social groups, regions, and religions. The Indian people showed incredible bravery and tenacity at this time, despite the harsh persecution, brutality, and arrests they endured at the hands of the British government.
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The Quit India Movement exposed the Indian people's unwavering spirit and severely undermined British authority. Additionally, it attracted global attention, highlighting the injustice of colonial rule and mobilising support for India's freedom. The Quit India Movement serves as a reminder of the courage and sacrifices made by many who battled for India's independence, as well as the importance of resisting injustice and working toward a better future. We have collected some of Mahatma Gandhi's most inspiring quotes to add even more significance to this day.
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Quit India Movement 2024 Quotes By Mahatma Gandhi Ji
"You have to stand against the whole world although you may have to stand alone. You have to stare in the face the whole world although the world may look at you with bloodshot eyes. Do not fear. Trust the little voice residing within your heart."
"Let every Indian consider himself to be a free man."
"Everybody will be his own master. It is to join a struggle for such democracy that I invite you today. Once you realize this you will forget the differences between the Hindus and Muslims, and think of yourselves as Indians only, engaged in the common struggle for independence"
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"Here is a mantra, a short one that I give you. You may imprint it on your hearts and let every breath of yours give expression to it. The mantra is: 'Do or Die'. We shall either free India or die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery."
"In Satyagraha, there is no place for fraud or falsehood, or any kind of untruth. Fraud and untruth today are stalking the world. I cannot be a helpless witness to such a situation."
"Forsake friends, wife and all; but testify to that for which you have lived and for which you have to die. I want to live my full span of life. And for me I put my span of life at 120 years. By that time India will be free, the world will be free."
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"I am not going to be satisfied with anything short of complete freedom. May be, he (the Viceroy) will propose the abolition of salt tax, the drink evil. But I will say nothing less than freedom".
"Ours is not a drive for power, but purely a nonviolent fight for India's independence."
"A non-violent soldier of freedom will covet nothing for himself, he fights only for the freedom of his country."
"Truth alone will endure, all the rest will be swept always in the tide of Time."