The historic session of the All India Congress Committee began on the 7th August, 1942 and was concluded after midnight of 8th/9th August, 1942 at Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai. The Committee asserted India’s right to freedom and decided to start a mass struggle with non-violent means on the widest possible scale. Addressing the conference, Gandhiji gave the call “Do or Die,” either to get India free or to die in this attempt. But before the Movement could be launched Gandhiji and all other leaders of the Congress were imprisoned under Operation Zero Hour. Gandhiji and Sarojini Naidu were kept in Aga Khan Palace at Poona (now Pune). The Movement of 1942 mostly affected the State of Mumbai, Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Madras. Though the whole country participated in this Movement.....Read more