Quit India Movement Quotes

Gandhi wanted to meet with Churchill, his most bitter foe, when he visited London in 1931- but it didn't happen. Churchill wanted to go to India personally as prime minister in 1942 to negotiate a final settlement on India with Gandhi and the other nationalist leaders - but the fall of Singapore prevented it from happening.

I have never seen any BJP leader going to jail during the freedom struggle; it was only Congressmen who sacrificed for this country.

During the 1942 Quit India Movement, I was a student at Gwalior High School. I was arrested by the British for participating in the movement. My parents then sent me off to my village where, again, I jumped into the movement.

Sooner or later you will have to crush Gandhi and the Indian Congress and all they stand for.

Gandhi has asked that the British Government should walk out of India and leave the Indian people to settle differences among themselves, even if it means chaos and confusion.

I grew up in India. From my childhood, I remember the great reverence that people held for our national hero, Mahatma Gandhi. He galvanized millions to march as one, disarmed the empire that had ruled his country for nearly a century, and enabled India to become a free and independent nation.

In India there is a common saying that the way to Swaraj is through Mandalay.

If the rise of European colonisation began in 18th century India, then the rallying cry of 'Jai Hind!' also signalled its end in 1947.

I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India.

Through realization of freedom of India, I hope to realize and carry on the mission of brotherhood of man.