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“Why did the Quit India Movement start?”

The Quit India Movement started in 1942 as a direct response to the British government's refusal to grant India immediate independence during World War II, reflecting a structural shift in Indian nationalist demands and frustration with colonial institutional intransigence.

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This factor produced a mass civil disobedience campaign led by the Indian National Congress, mobilizing diverse social groups across India in a unified call for British withdrawal. It intensified anti-colonial sentiment and disrupted British administrative control.

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