Question

Read the excerpt given below and answer the questions that follow:

Govt. Decides to Meet Congress “Challenge” Action To Be Preventive Not Punitive - Indian Express, August 10, 1942

Which “Challenge” is referred to in the above newspaper article? What ‘Action’ did the Government take?

Answer 1

• The “Challenge” was the Quit India Movement launched by the Indian National Congress on 8 August 1942, demanding the immediate end of British rule in India.
• The Government’s action was to crush the movement: top Congress leaders (e.g., Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and others) were arrested, public meetings were banned, the press was muzzled and strict restrictions imposed; police and military force (lathi‑charges, shootings, arrests, imprisonment, collective fines and other repressive measures) were used to suppress the agitation.