Archive · 16 Aug 2026
Quit India Movement paved way for Independence, Congress leader says
Independence Day is the day a country celebrates being free.
In India, people celebrate it on August 15.
Long ago, India was ruled by Britain, a country far away.
Many brave people worked for many years to make India free.
One important effort was called the Quit India Movement.
Its slogan was 'Do or Die,' which came from a great leader named Mahatma Gandhi.
The movement shook the British rulers and helped India become independent on August 15, 1947.
On this year's Independence Day, a Congress leader named Boya Kranti Naidu spoke about that movement.
He reminded people how important the Quit India Movement was.
People also held a rally, honored Gandhi's statue, and watched the flag go up.
District Congress Committee president Boya Kranti Naidu recalled the Quit India Movement's pivotal role in India's Independence struggle.
He addressed party workers at the DCC office in Kurnool on the 80th Independence Day.
The Quit India resolution was proposed by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and backed by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the 1942 Mumbai Congress Working Committee meeting.
The AICC adopted the resolution on August 9 under Mahatma Gandhi's 'Do or Die' call, which shook British rule.
Leaders held a rally at Kondareddy Buruju, paid tributes to Gandhi's statue, and witnessed the flag hoisting.
- Who
- Boya Kranti Naidu, president of the District Congress Committee, addressed party workers in Kurnool.
- What
- A commemoration of the Quit India Movement's role in India's Independence struggle on the 80th Independence Day.
- When
- Saturday, on the 80th Independence Day; the Quit India resolution was adopted on August 9, 1942.
- Where
- Kurnool, at the DCC office and Kondareddy Buruju.
- Why
- To honor the freedom fighters and recall how the Quit India Movement paved the way for India's Independence on August 15, 1947.
- Event
- 80th Independence Day commemoration
- Venue
- DCC office, Kurnool
- Speaker
- Boya Kranti Naidu
- Movement honored
- Quit India Movement
- Resolution adopted
- August 9, 1942 at the Mumbai Congress Working Committee meeting
- Slogan
- 'Do or Die' by Mahatma Gandhi
- Independence date
- August 15, 1947
- Other observance
- Rally at Kondareddy Buruju and tributes at Gandhi's statue