UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 2019 · Q4(a) · 20 marks
Why is the Quit India Movement characterized as a 'Spontaneous Revolution’? Did it accelerate the process of Indian independence?
- Chapter
- Rise of Gandhi
- Topic
- The Quit India Movement
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