Question
What was the contribution of the student community to the Quit India Movement?
Answer
The contribution of the student community to the Quit India Movement
- Students joined the Quit India Movement without fear of arrest or restrictions imposed by the government.
- The ‘Students-Peasants-Workers League’ was formed during the movement.
- In some regions, the students’ movement took a violent form, such as in Ajamgarh, Balia, Gorakhpur, Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Munger, Champaran and Shahabad.
- Widespread student’ strikes were organized in Calcutta and Dhaka.
- Student leader K.R. Ganeshmohan Reddy led strikes against repressive police policies in Madras.
- Armed students’ movements were led by Dharma Pokharkar, Umabhai Desai, Shankarappa, Harish Tewari, Ravi Singha, and Ram Amre in different regions of India.
- The Congress and Congress Socialist Party-led ‘Students’ Federation’ was banned, leading to the Communist Party, Forward Bloc, and RSP leading the students’ movement.
- During the famine of 1943, students in Bengal formed the ‘Students Teachers Joint Relief Committee to distribute food, medicine and other relief materials to the affected people.