Correct option is A
The correct answer is (a) Mahatma Gandhi.
- During World War II, Mahatma Gandhi started the Quit India Movement, also known as the August Movement, during the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee on August 8, 1942, demanding an end to British rule in India.
Information Booster:
- Mumbai’s Gowalia Tank Maidan also known as August Kranti Maidan is the place where the quit India movement was launched by Mahatma Gandhi.
- He along with other leaders gathered here on August 8 and 9, 1942.
- The outcome of the movement was that Congress was declared an unlawful association and its offices all over the country were raided.
- The leaders were arrested and there rose a chaotic moment with this incident.