Correct option is D
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
The Quit India Movement (1942) was officially launched by Mahatma Gandhi, but Jawaharlal Nehru proposed its framework. It was a mass civil disobedience movement demanding an end to British rule.
Information Booster:
- Quit India Movement started on August 8, 1942.
- Gandhi gave the famous "Do or Die" speech.
- Congress leaders were arrested immediately after the movement began.
- The British responded with brutal repression.
- The movement was one of the final steps toward independence.
Additional Information:
- Acharya Narendradev was a socialist leader.
- J.B. Kriplani was the Congress President in 1947.
- Maulana Azad was India’s first Education Minister.