Mahatma Gandhi decided to initiate a new phase of movement against the British in the middle of the second world war. The British must quit India immediately he told them to the people he said do or die in your effort to fight the British but you must fight non violently. Gandhiji and other leaders were jailed at once but the movement spread lt specially attracted peasants and the youth who gave up their studies to joined it communications and symbols of state authority were attacked all over the country. In many areas the people set up their own governments. The first response of the British was severe repression by the end of 1943 over 90,000 people were arrested and around 1, 000 killed in police firing in many areas orders were given to machine gun crowds from airplanes. The rebellion however ultimately brought the raj to its knees. Bh