Examine why Quit India Movement was started and how do you think the Quit India Movement was genuinely a mass movement.

Explanation

"Quit India Movement" was started in 1942 because:
(i) Failure of Cripps Mission led to the launch of Quit India Movement in August 1942 for the liquidation of British imperialism.
(ii) It was a mass movement bringing into the ambit, hundred of thousands ordinary Indians. Younger activitists organised strikes and acts of sabotage all over the country.
(iii) Parucularly active in the underground resistance were socialist members of the Congress, such as Jayaprakash Narayan. In several districts, such as Satara in the west and Medinipur in the east, "independent" governments were proclaimed.
(iv) It especially energised the young who in large number left their colleges and joined the Congress, whose leaders were captivated in jails.
(v) Jinnah and his colleagues worked patiently to expand their influence.
In June 1944, Gandhiji was relcascd from jail.