Not Mahatma Gandhi, this person gave Quit India slogan!

Today 75 years of the Quit India movement has been completed. It was such a movement of the country that forced the British to leave the country.

On 9th August the Quit India Movement was started in the whole country. When the All India Congress General Secretary passed the resolution on 8th August, 1942 at the Gowalia Tank ground in Bombay, the whole country jumped into ‘Quit India’ movement.

After the whole country was united on the Quit India slogan, who finally gave the slogan? The world knows that this slogan was only of Mahatma Gandhi, but historians are not unanimous about this.

Where did the slogan come from

According to media reports, credit goes to Congress leader Yusuf Mehraali, writing Quot India’s slogan. It is said that he was very close to Gandhiji, and he had met Gandhiji shortly before starting this movement and suggested this slogan to him. At that time Joseph was the mayor of Bombay. In the freedom struggle, he went to jail 8 times.

K Gopalaswamy has written in his book Gandhi and Bombay, that Yusuf was presented to Quit INDIA before Gandhiji and Gandhiji accepted it. According to Yusuf’s biographer Madhu Dandavate, Yusuf had a booklet publication named QUIT INDIA. This booklet was brought in the evening of the 1942 movement. The said photo is taken from their own book. He wrote in his book, “Shantikumar Morarji has recorded that Gandhi conferred with his colleagues in Bombay on the best slogan for independence – when this was not said. One of them suggested ‘Get out’ Gandhi rejected it as being impolite Rajagopalachari mentioned ‘Retreat’ or ‘Withdraw’ That too did not find favour Yusuf Meherali presented Gandhi with a bow bearing the inscription ‘Quit India’ Gandhi said in approval, ‘Amen’. “One of the co-founders of Yusuf Mehrauli Center, GG Parikh says that Yusuf ji had printed several badges written by QUIT INDIA before August 7, 1942.

Why was this movement so special?

This movement, which started under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, was part of a well-intentioned strategy. The special point of this movement was that the whole country was involved in it. It was such a movement, which shook the roots of the British rule

Gandhiji’s historical address

Gandhiji delivered the speech from Gowalia Tank ground They said, ‘I want to give you a mantra that you can take in your heart, this is mantra, do or die’. Later this Gowalia Tank Ground was known as August Kranti Maidan.