What were the events that led to the Quit India Movement? Point out its results.

(1) Quit India was launched in the backdrop of Japanese threat of invasion who had already captured the South East Asia and now knocked on Indian doors.

(2) The failure of Cripps Mission (Apr 1942) further compounded the fears and a call for "Quit India" was made by Gandhi without laying out any plan for the movement.

(3) The spontaneous nature of the call, made masses violent leading to arrest of almost all leaders - Gandhi, Nehru, Patel etc and thus it remained leaderless & directionless.

(4) Several party workers like Rammanohar Lohia, Usha Mehta, Sucheta Kripalani, Achyut Patwardhan etc - went underground and continued their efforts through means like Radio, guerrilla tactics etc.

(5) The masses were violent and had shook the British empire.

However, owing to the spontaneity and violence, the movement was brutally crushed by British.

But, the role it played in uniting the Indians was tremendous :-

(1) Almost everyone was exhilarated at the final call and took it to give their best to push British Away.

(2) The socialists were active participants in the movement.

(3) Even without the leaders, the masses carried on and continued for a good long period.

(4) Women played a crucial role & participated in larger no.'s than ever.

However, the movement suffered from following lacunas :-

(1) Muslim league stayed aloof & didn't participate (2) Even the communists didn't join the movement. (3) There was no clear plan and thus was easily crushed.