Chapter 18: Nationalist Upsurge, August Offer, Individual Satyagraha, Cripps Mission & The Quit India Movement (1939–1945 CE) | UPSC Modern History Master Notes | MentorsDaily

Chapter 18: Nationalist Upsurge, August Offer, Individual Satyagraha, Cripps Mission & The Quit India Movement (1939–1945 CE)

Comprehensive UPSC GS-1 Master Note on the Final Mass Assault against Colonialism: The August Offer (1940), Individual Civil Disobedience (1940–41: Vinoba Bhave & Nehru), Cripps Mission (1942: Post-Dated Cheque), The Historic 'Do or Die' Quit India Resolution (Gowalia Tank, 8 Aug 1942), Underground Revolutionary Networks (Aruna Asaf Ali, Usha Mehta's Secret Radio, CSP), Parallel Governments (Jatiya Sarkar in Tamluk, Prati Sarkar in Satara, Ballia), The Great Bengal Famine (1943), Subhas Chandra Bose & The Indian National Army (INA / Azad Hind Fauj: Singapore, Imphal-Kohima Campaign) (1939–1945 CE).

UPSC GS Paper 1 · Modern Indian History Core August Offer 1940 · Individual Satyagraha · Cripps 1942 · Quit India 1942 · INA & Subhas Bose · Bengal Famine 1943 ~85 min master read Mahatma Gandhi · Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose · Jayaprakash Narayan · Aruna Asaf Ali · Usha Mehta Full Interactive PYQ & Mains Test Engine

Ground Zero: Historical Storyline & Analytical Compass (MentorsDaily Formulas)
Strategic Flowchart: From August Offer to Quit India, INA & Axis Defeat (1939–1945)
Vector Map: Master Epicenters of Quit India, Parallel Governments & INA Theaters
The August Offer (1940) & Individual Satyagraha (1940–1941)
The Cripps Mission (March 1942): Geopolitical Compulsions, Proposals & Breakdown
The Quit India Movement (August Kranti 1942): 'Do or Die', Operation Zero Hour & Mass Surge
Underground Resistance Networks (CSP, Secret Radio) & Parallel Governments (Satara, Tamluk, Ballia)
The Great Bengal Famine of 1943: Man-Made Starvation, Scorched Earth & Imperial Complicity
Subhas Chandra Bose, Azad Hind Government & The Indian National Army (INA / Azad Hind Fauj)
Master Diagnostic Matrix: NCM (1920) vs. CDM (1930) vs. Quit India (1942)
Mains Value-Addition: Topper's Exam Visualizers & Strategy Schematics
Mains 360° Analytical Framework: Spontaneity, Military Loyalties & Decolonization
Multi-Dimensional Contemporary Linkages Matrix (2020–2026): The 5-Pillar UPSC Matrix
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🎬 Ground Zero Storyline: The Final Mass Assault on the Raj (1939–1945 CE)

The August Kranti & INA Era

1. Wartime Deadlock & Individual Satyagraha (1939–1941): Britain's August Offer (1940) was rejected for granting minority vetoes. Gandhi launched Individual Satyagraha (Oct 1940) for freedom of speech against imperial war, selecting Acharya Vinoba Bhave (1st), Jawaharlal Nehru (2nd), and Brahma Datt (3rd), while the Muslim League adopted the Lahore Resolution (1940).

2. Cripps Debacle & The Quit India Tempest (1942–1944): Following the breakdown of the Cripps Mission (March 1942), the AICC at Gowalia Tank (8 Aug 1942) passed the Quit India Resolution with Gandhi's call: "Do or Die". Despite pre-dawn arrests of all leaders (*Operation Zero Hour*), the movement erupted into leaderless mass sabotage, secret radio broadcasts (Usha Mehta), and Parallel Governments in Satara (*Prati Sarkar* under Nana Patil), Tamluk (*Jatiya Sarkar*), and Ballia.

3. INA Liberation War & The Bengal Famine (1942–1945): Subhas Chandra Bose assumed command of the Indian National Army (INA) in Singapore (1943), formed the Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind and the women's Rani of Jhansi Regiment, advancing to Kohima and Imphal (*"Chalo Dilli"*). Simultaneously, British scorched-earth wartime policies triggered the horrific Great Bengal Famine of 1943 (killing over 3 million Indians), fatally destroying the moral legitimacy of the British Empire.

🏛️ MentorsDaily Pedagogical Formulas: The 5 Laws of the Final Struggle

Formula 1: The 'Do or Die' Qualitative Leap

Controlled Non-Violence (1920 & 1930) → Total Unconditional Mass Resistance (1942)

Unlike 1920 and 1930, Gandhi did not withdraw the movement despite widespread violent attacks on state infrastructure, recognizing Quit India as an irreversible, final fight for freedom.

Formula 2: The Spontaneous Leadership Theorem

Immediate Top Leadership Arrest + Clear Philosophical Directive = Spontaneous Cadre & Peasant Initiative

The total arrest of the CWC did not kill the movement; it decentralized command to local peasants, students, socialists, and women who established sovereign parallel administrations.

Formula 3: The Parallel Sovereignty Paradigm

Destruction of Colonial Apparatus + Village Nyayadan Mandals = Dual Power (Prati Sarkar)

In Satara and Midnapore, Indian patriots proved that Indian peasants could establish and operate independent, self-governing local republics without British assistance.

Formula 4: The Dual Pincer Liberation Strategy

Internal Civil Rebellion (Quit India 1942) + External Armed Military Assault (INA 1943–45) = Imperial Collapse

The combined pressure of internal mass revolt and the armed threat of the INA shattered the absolute reliance of the British Empire on the Indian Army and Police.

Formula 5: The Moral Rupture Equation (1943 Famine)

Churchill's Denial Policy + 3 Million Famine Deaths = Total Annihilation of Imperial 'Civilizing Mission'

The man-made Bengal Famine exposed the absolute callousness of colonial exploitation, uniting Indian society in the conviction that British rule was a moral and human catastrophe.

2. Strategic Flowchart: From August Offer to Quit India, INA & Axis Defeat (1939–1945)

Tracing the 6-year chronological trajectory of wartime political offers, individual satyagraha, total mass rebellion, military campaigns, and human catastrophe.

THE WARTIME CRUCIBLE & QUIT INDIA LIFECYCLE (1939–1945)

Operational Trajectory

3. Strategic Map: QUIT INDIA, PARALLEL GOVERNMENTS & INA

Spatial distribution and strategic geographical correlation of key historical hubs, campaigns, and political epicenters.

QUIT INDIA, PARALLEL GOVERNMENTS & INA

Vector Topography

4. The August Offer (1940) & Individual Satyagraha (1940–1941)

How the British attempted to conciliate Indian opinion during the Battle of Britain and how Gandhi answered with calibrated, disciplined individual civil disobedience.

4.1 Linlithgow's August Offer (8 August 1940)

Context: The rapid fall of France (June 1940) and the Nazi blitzkrieg against Britain forced Viceroy Lord Linlithgow to seek Indian cooperation.
Terms of the August Offer:
1. Dominion Status as the explicit objective for India after the war.
2. Immediate expansion of the Viceroy's Executive Council to include a majority of Indians.
3. Establishment of a post-war **Constituent Assembly** comprising mainly Indians to frame a new constitution.
4. The Imperial Minority Veto: No future constitution would be transferred to any government whose authority was denied by large and powerful elements in India's national life (giving Jinnah an absolute veto over constitutional progress).
Rejection: Congress rejected the offer, with Nehru stating that "the concept of Dominion Status is dead as a doornail." The Muslim League welcomed the minority veto but reiterated its demand for partition.

4.2 Individual Satyagraha (October 1940 – December 1941)

Rationale: Gandhi rejected a mass movement in 1940 to avoid violence and prevent embarrassing the British in their life-and-death struggle against Nazi fascism. Instead, he launched **Individual Satyagraha** to affirm the right to freedom of speech against participating in the war.
The First Three Satyagrahis:
1. 1st Satyagrahi: **Acharya Vinoba Bhave** (offered satyagraha at Paunar on 17 October 1940).
2. 2nd Satyagrahi: **Jawaharlal Nehru** (arrested shortly after).
3. 3rd Satyagrahi: **Brahma Datt** (ashramite from Wardha).
The 'Delhi Chalo' Campaign: Satyagrahis made anti-war speeches in public, started walking toward Delhi (*Delhi Chalo* movement), and courted arrest. Over **25,000 satyagrahis** were imprisoned across India by mid-1941 before the movement was suspended.

5. The Cripps Mission (March 1942): Geopolitical Compulsions, Proposals & Breakdown

5.1 Geopolitical Catalyst: The Japanese Blitzkrieg

Fall of Rangoon (March 1942): Japan rapidly overran Malaya, captured Singapore, and seized Rangoon (Burma), bringing Japanese troops directly to India's eastern border in Assam and Bengal.
Allied Pressure on Churchill: US President **Franklin D. Roosevelt** and Chinese Generalissimo **Chiang Kai-shek** exerted immense diplomatic pressure on Winston Churchill to secure Indian national cooperation for the war effort.
Dispatch of Stafford Cripps: Churchill sent Sir Stafford Cripps (a radical Labour member of the British War Cabinet and known friend of Nehru) with a draft declaration.

5.2 Salient Proposals of the Cripps Declaration

Post-War Dominion Status: Creation of an Indian Union with full Dominion Status, free to remain in or secede from the British Commonwealth.
Post-War Constituent Assembly: A body elected solely by provincial legislatures (via proportional representation) and nominated by Princely States to draft the Constitution.
The Balkanization / Secession Clause: Any province that did not wish to accept the new constitution had the right to secede and form a separate union with its own constitution (giving a constitutional pathway to Pakistan).
Retention of Defense: During the war, the defense of India would remain under the sole control of the British Commander-in-Chief.

5.3 Universal Rejection & The 'Post-Dated Cheque'

Congress Rejection: Congress objected to the provincial right of secession (which would balkanize India into dozens of sovereign states), the lack of immediate transfer of real defense authority to an Indian defense minister, and the nomination of princely state representatives rather than elected democratic citizens.
Gandhi's Verdict: Gandhi famously dismissed the Cripps offer as a "Post-dated cheque on a crashing bank."
Muslim League Rejection: Rejected the offer because it did not explicitly concede the creation of Pakistan in clear territorial terms.

6. The Quit India Movement (August Kranti 1942): 'Do or Die', Operation Zero Hour & Mass Surge

6.1 The Historic Gowalia Tank Resolution (8 August 1942)

AICC Session in Bombay: Meeting at Gowalia Tank Maidan (now *August Kranti Maidan*), the Congress Working Committee ratified the **Quit India Resolution** demanding immediate and unconditional British withdrawal from India.
Gandhi's Historic "Do or Die" Mantra:
"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' (Karo ya Maro). We shall either free India or die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery."
Directives to Different Sections of Society:
- Government Servants: Do not resign, but openly declare allegiance to the Indian National Congress.
- Soldiers: Do not leave the army, but refuse orders to fire on unarmed fellow Indians.
- Princes: Accept the sovereignty of your own people rather than the British Crown.
- Students: Give up studies only if you can maintain this resolve until freedom is achieved.
- Peasants: Pay rent only if landlords are anti-British; refuse rent if landlords support the Raj.

6.2 Operation Zero Hour & The Leaderless Eruption (9 August 1942)

Pre-Dawn Crackdown: In the early hours of **9 August 1942**, under *Operation Zero Hour*, the British police arrested Gandhi (imprisoned at Aga Khan Palace, Pune), the entire Congress Working Committee (imprisoned at Ahmednagar Fort), and thousands of provincial leaders.
Spontaneous Mass Uprising: Deprived of national leadership, the Indian masses took command into their own hands. Over 250 railway stations were attacked, 500 post offices burned, 150 police stations stormed, and telegraph lines were severed across Bihar, UP, Bengal, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
Heroic Flag Hoisting: 33-year-old **Aruna Asaf Ali** presided over the remaining AICC session at Gowalia Tank and hoisted the Indian National Flag amidst police tear gas, becoming the *"Heroine of the 1942 Movement"*.

7. Underground Resistance Networks (CSP, Secret Radio) & Parallel Governments (Satara, Tamluk, Ballia)

7.1 The Underground Resistance Network

Congress Socialist Leadership: Following a daring Diwali escape from **Hazaribagh Central Jail** in November 1942, **Jayaprakash Narayan (JP)** organized the underground guerrilla force **Azad Dasta** on the Nepal border to conduct sabotage and train rebel squads.
The Secret Congress Radio: **Usha Mehta**, Babu Bhai Prasad, and Rammanohar Lohia operated an illegal underground radio transmitter in Bombay (broadcasting on 42.34 meters: "This is the Congress Radio calling on 42.34 meters from somewhere in India"), broadcasting Gandhi's speeches and uncensored news of uprisings until their arrest in November 1942.
Key Underground Cadres: Sucheta Kripalani, Rammanohar Lohia, Achyut Patwardhan, Aruna Asaf Ali, and S.M. Joshi kept communications active across India.

7.2 The Epicenters of Parallel Governments (Prati Sarkar)

🏛️ 1. Ballia (Eastern UP • Aug 1942)

Led by Chittu Pandey ('Sher-e-Ballia'). The rebels stormed the jail, released Congress leaders, established an independent popular administration, and ruled the district for one week before military suppression.

🌊 2. Tamluk Jatiya Sarkar (Bengal • 1942–44)

Organized in Midnapore under Ajoy Mukherjee and Satish Samanta. Formed armed wings (*Vidyut Vahinis*), courts, and cyclone relief. Witnessed the martyrdom of 73-year-old Matangini Hazra, shot while marching with the tricolor.

⛰️ 3. Satara Prati Sarkar (Maharashtra • 1943–46)

Longest running parallel government led by Krantisinh Nana Patil, Y.B. Chavan, and Kisan Veer. Established popular village arbitration courts (*Nyayadan Mandals*), guerrilla squads (*Toofan Senas*), and Gandhi marriages.

🌾 4. Talcher (Odisha • 1942)

Peasants under Laxman Nayak and Praja Mandals formed *Kranti Chasa*, dismantling princely feudal courts until the British deployed fighter aircraft to machine-gun peasant crowds from the air.

8. The Great Bengal Famine of 1943: Man-Made Starvation, Scorched Earth & Imperial Complicity

8.1 Anatomical Causes of the Catastrophe

Over 3 Million Dead: Between 1943 and 1944, over **3 million innocent Indians perished** in Bengal, Orissa, and Bihar from starvation, malaria, and epidemic diseases.
Churchill's 'Denial Policy' (Scorched Earth): Fearing a Japanese amphibious invasion of Bengal, the colonial administration implemented:
1. Boat Denial Policy: Confiscated or destroyed over 66,000 river boats, crippling the transport of grain and fishing in the Bengal delta.
2. Rice Denial Policy: Forcibly procured and removed rice surpluses from coastal districts.
Diversion to Imperial War Stockpiles: Food grains were diverted to feed British troops in the Mediterranean and Europe, while Churchill repeatedly refused appeals from Viceroy Lord Wavell and Canadian PM Mackenzie King to ship wheat to India, famously sneering: "Why hasn't Gandhi died yet?"

8.2 Woodhead Famine Inquiry Commission (1944–45)

Findings: The Commission found that the famine was NOT primarily caused by total food crop failure, but by catastrophic administrative failure, rampant hoarding, hyperinflation, and the complete breakdown of distribution.
Moral Annihilation of the Raj: The famine permanently destroyed the British moral claim of providing orderly governance and justice, proving to the world that colonialism was inherently lethal to Indian life.

9. Subhas Chandra Bose, Azad Hind Government & The Indian National Army (INA / Azad Hind Fauj)

9.1 Netaji's Great Escape & Journey to Southeast Asia

The Great Escape (16–17 January 1941): Disguised as an Afghan insurance agent named *Ziauddin*, Subhas Bose slipped out of his Calcutta house arrest on Elgin Road, traveled via Peshawar, Kabul, and Moscow, arriving in Berlin in April 1941.
In Germany (Free India Centre): Founded the *Free India Centre*, raised the *Indian Legion* from Indian POWs, and launched Azad Hind Radio. It was in Germany that he was first greeted with the title **"Netaji"** and the greeting **"Jai Hind"**.
The Epic Submarine Voyage (1943): Travelled 90 days underwater in the German U-180 and Japanese I-29 submarines around the Cape of Good Hope to reach Tokyo in May 1943.

9.2 The Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj)

First Phase (1942): Founded by **Captain Mohan Singh** and veteran revolutionary **Rash Behari Bose** in Singapore from Indian POWs captured by Japan.
Netaji Takes Command (July 1943): At a grand military rally in Singapore, Rash Behari Bose handed over supreme leadership of the Indian Independence League and INA to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Netaji gave the immortal battle cries: "Chalo Dilli!" and "Give me blood, and I will give you freedom!" (Tum mujhe khoon do, main tumhe azadi doonga!)
Provisional Government of Free India (*Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind*, 21 Oct 1943): Proclaimed in Singapore, recognized by 9 Axis states (Japan, Germany, Italy, Burma, Thailand, Croatia, Philippines, Manchukuo, National Govt of China).
Rani of Jhansi Regiment: The first all-female combat regiment in Asia, commanded by **Captain Lakshmi Sahgal (Swaminathan)**.
Liberated Territories: Japan transferred the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the Azad Hind Government, which Netaji renamed as **Shaheed Dweep (Andaman)** and **Swaraj Dweep (Nicobar)** in December 1943.

9.3 The Imphal-Kohima Campaign (1944) & Aftermath

Military Advance: INA brigades (Subhas, Gandhi, Nehru, Azad Brigades) fought alongside the Japanese 15th Army. On **14 April 1944**, INA Colonel **Shaukat Ali Malik** hoisted the Indian National Flag at **Moirang (Manipur)**.
Retreat & Netaji's Disappearance: Severe monsoons, lack of air support, and Allied counter-offensive forced a retreat from Kohima. Following Japan's surrender in August 1945, Netaji reportedly died in a plane crash at Taihoku (Taipei, Taiwan) on 18 August 1945.

10. Master Diagnostic Matrix: NCM (1920) vs. CDM (1930) vs. Quit India (1942)

Comparative Parameter	Non-Cooperation (1920–22)	Civil Disobedience (1930–34)	Quit India Movement (1942)
Core National Goal	Swaraj within one year; Khilafat & Punjab redressal	Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence)	Immediate & unconditional British exit ("Quit India")
Operating Dynamic	Negative boycott of colonial institutions	Deliberate breach of specific colonial laws (Salt/Forest)	Total destruction of state machinery & parallel governments
Leadership Structure	Centralized command under Gandhi & CWC	Centralized command with authorized local dictators	Spontaneous, decentralized, cadre & socialist driven
Violence Stance	Strictly non-violent; withdrawn after Chauri Chaura	Strict non-violent satyagraha; suspended for talks	"Do or Die"; mass sabotage not condemned by Gandhi
Underground & Parallel Rule	Virtually absent	Limited (Sholapur commune for few days)	Extensive (Satara, Tamluk, Ballia, Secret Radio, Azad Dasta)
Muslim Participation	Massive (Khilafat coalition peak)	Moderate to Low (except NWFP Red Shirts)	Low (Muslim League aloof; League strengthened)

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High-scoring visual schematics to reproduce in Mains answers for immediate structural clarity:

1. Three-Tier Architecture of the 1942 Uprising

💡 Mains Caption: Operational Metamorphosis: How the Quit India Movement evolved from urban strikes into rural sabotage and sovereign parallel governments.

2. Dual Vectors: Mass Satyagraha vs. Military INA

💡 Mains Caption: The Dual-Pincer Collapse: Internal civil rebellion combined with the external armed challenge destroyed the foundations of colonial rule.

⚖️ Mains 360° Analytical Framework: Spontaneity, Military Loyalties & Decolonization

Comprehensive multidimensional dimensions for UPSC GS-1 essays and analytical answers:

1. Spontaneity vs. Preparation in 1942

While the mass upsurge after 9 August was tactically spontaneous due to the arrest of top leaders, it was ideologically prepared by two decades of Gandhian constructive work, peasant mobilization, and socialist underground organizing.

Tactical spontaneity upon ideological preparation

2. The Subversion of Colonial Military Loyalty

The INA's campaign fundamentally altered the British security calculus: by proving that Indian soldiers would turn their weapons against the Crown, Netaji dismantled the coercive foundation of imperial governance.

Destruction of coercive military pillar

3. Parallel Sovereignty as Self-Rule Proof

The establishment of Prati Sarkar in Satara and Jatiya Sarkar in Tamluk demonstrated the organizational capacity of Indian rural society to maintain law, justice, and social welfare without colonial bureaucracy.

Living demonstration of Swaraj

4. Famine as Imperial Indictment

The Great Bengal Famine exposed the ultimate structural priority of the British Empire: subordinating millions of colonial lives to metropolitan war logistics, permanently destroying the illusion of 'benevolent rule'.

Total moral bankruptcy of Empire

Multi-Dimensional Contemporary Linkages (2020–2026): The 5-Pillar UPSC Matrix

The underground radio transmissions, combat roles of women in the INA, and famine relief ethics intersect directly with modern national policy:

📢 Pillar 1: Information Sovereignty & Encrypted Broadcasts

Usha Mehta's 1942 Secret Congress Radio serving as the historical precursor to modern Article 19(1)(a) digital free expression, community radio networks, and secure mesh communications during state censorship.

🛡️ Pillar 2: Women in Combat Roles & Military Leadership

Captain Lakshmi Sahgal and the 1943 Rani of Jhansi Regiment pioneering women in combat, directly culminating in today's Permanent Commission for Women in the Armed Forces, entry into NDA, and command roles in combat arms.

🌾 Pillar 3: Food Sovereignty, National Buffer Stocks & Public Distribution

The 1943 Bengal Famine's traumatic legacy driving India's post-independence food self-sufficiency, institutionalized in the National Food Security Act (NFSA 2013), PM Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), and mandatory FCI buffer norms.

✊ Pillar 4: Decentralized Self-Governance & Alternative Dispute Resolution

The Nyayadan Mandals of Satara Prati Sarkar acting as the historical prototype for Gram Nyayalayas, Lok Adalats, and decentralized dispute settlement under Part IX (Panchayati Raj).

⚖️ Pillar 5: De-Colonial Pride & Subhas Bose Kartavya Path Memorial

Netaji's INA legacy formally enshrined in national consciousness via the installation of Netaji's grand granite statue at India Gate canopy (Kartavya Path) and celebration of Parakram Diwas (23 January).

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Q1. Who among the following was chosen by Mahatma Gandhi as the first satyagrahi to offer Individual Satyagraha in October 1940?

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Q2. With reference to the 8th August 1942 in Indian history, which one of the following statements is correct?

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Q3. Who among the following operated the underground 'Secret Congress Radio' during the Quit India Movement in 1942?

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Q4. The 'Prati Sarkar' (Parallel Government) formed in Satara district of Maharashtra during the Quit India Movement was led by:

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Q5. The Cripps Proposals included which of the following?
1. Full Dominion Status for an Indian Union after the war.
2. Right of any province to refuse to accept the new constitution and form a separate union.
3. Immediate transfer of the defense portfolio to an Indian minister during the war.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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Q6. The 73-year-old female freedom fighter who was shot dead by the British police while leading a procession with the tricolor flag at Tamluk in September 1942 was:

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Q7. The 'Arzi Hukumat-e-Azad Hind' (Provisional Government of Free India) was proclaimed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on 21 October 1943 at:

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Q8. The women's combat regiment of the Indian National Army (INA) was named after:

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Q9. During the Quit India Movement, Jayaprakash Narayan escaped from which one of the following central jails to organize underground guerrilla resistance?

UPSC Prelims 2000

Q10. At which place in Manipur did the Indian National Army (INA) under Col. Shaukat Ali Malik hoist the Indian National Flag on 14 April 1944?

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Q11. The 'August Offer' of 1940 was announced by which British Viceroy of India?

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Q12. What was the famous slogan given by Mahatma Gandhi at the launch of the Quit India Movement in August 1942?

UPSC Prelims 1995

Q13. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose renamed the Andaman and Nicobar Islands liberated during World War II as:

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Q14. Consider the following statements regarding the 'Woodhead Commission' appointed in 1944:
1. It was appointed to investigate the causes of the Great Bengal Famine of 1943.
2. It highlighted administrative failure, wartime denial policies, and price inflation as critical causes of mass mortality.
3. It exonerated the colonial government from all responsibility.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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Q15. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when the Quit India Movement was launched in August 1942?

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