Give the name given to the uprising of 1942. State two reasons for launching this mass uprising.

The uprising of 1942 was the QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT (also called the August Revolution). The resolution was passed at Bombay on 8 August 1942, with Gandhiji’s call to "DO OR DIE".

Two reasons: (1) The FAILURE OF THE CRIPPS MISSION in March 1942, which offered only Dominion Status after the war and allowed provinces to stay out of the Union — rejected by the Congress as "a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank". (2) The FEAR OF A JAPANESE INVASION after the fall of Singapore, Malaya and Burma. The British had failed to defend their own territories, and Indians felt that only a free India could defend herself; wartime shortages and soaring prices added to the anger.

Three marks: one for the name and one for each reason. The two quotable phrases — "Do or Die" and "post-dated cheque" — should both appear; examiners recognise them at once. Keep these causes clear of the 1930 movement’s: Civil Disobedience follows the Simon Commission and Purna Swaraj, Quit India follows Cripps and the Japanese threat.