Read the passage and answer the questions: Quit India Movement After the failure of the Cripps Mission, Mahatma Gandhi decided to launch his third major movement against British rule. This was the "Quit India" campaign, which began in August 1942. Although Gandhiji was jailed at once, younger activists organised strikes and acts of sabotage all over the country. Particularly 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. The British responded with much force, yet it took more than a year to suppress the rebellion. "Quit India" was genuinely a mass movement, bringing into its ambit hundreds of thousands of ordinary Indians. It especially energised the young who, in very large numbers, left their colleges to go to jail. However, while the Congress leaders languished in jail, Jinnah and his colleagues in the Muslim League worked patiently at expanding their influence. It was in these years that the League began to make a mark in the Punjab and Sind, provinces where it had previously had scarcely any presence. In 1943, some of the younger leaders in the Satara district of Maharashtra set up a parallel government (prati-sarkar), with volunteer corps (seba-dals) and village units (tufan-dals). They ran people's courts and organised constructive work. |
Identify the name of an organization which began to make a mark in the Punjab and Sind during the Quit India Movement: |
Hindu Mahasabha Hindustan Republic Association. Communist Party of India Muslim League |
Muslim League |
The correct answer is Option (4) → Muslim League During the Quit India Movement, while Congress leaders were in jail, Jinnah and his colleagues in the Muslim League worked steadily to expand their influence. It was in this period that the League began to gain a foothold in provinces like Punjab and Sind, where it had earlier been weak. " “Quit India” was genuinely a mass movement, bringing into its ambit hundreds of thousands of ordinary Indians. It especially energised the young who, in very large numbers, left their colleges to go to jail. However, while the Congress leaders languished in jail, Jinnah and his colleagues in the Muslim League worked patiently at expanding their influence. It was in these years that the League began to make a mark in the Punjab and Sind, provinces where it had previously had scarcely any presence.' |