Correct option is D
The Quit India Movement started in the year 1942.
· It was launched by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942.
· It was a civil disobedience movement on a massive scale to force the British to leave India.
· Gandhi ji gave the slogan to the people – ‘Do or die
· Aruna Asaf Ali popularly known as the 'Grand Old Lady' of the Independence Movement is known for hoisting the Indian flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai during the Quit India Movement.
· The immediate cause for the movement was the collapse of Cripps Mission. The mission failed because it offered India not complete freedom but the Dominion Status , along with the partition.