SAQ : What was the contribution of the student community to the Quit India Movement?

Question

What was the contribution of the student community to the Quit India Movement?

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The contribution of the student community to the Quit India Movement

1. Students joined the Quit India Movement without fear of arrest or restrictions imposed by the government.
2. The ‘Students-Peasants-Workers League’ was formed during the movement.
3. In some regions, the students’ movement took a violent form, such as in Ajamgarh, Balia, Gorakhpur, Patna, Gaya, Bhagalpur, Munger, Champaran and Shahabad.
4. Widespread student’ strikes were organized in Calcutta and Dhaka.
5. Student leader K.R. Ganeshmohan Reddy led strikes against repressive police policies in Madras.
6. Armed students’ movements were led by Dharma Pokharkar, Umabhai Desai, Shankarappa, Harish Tewari, Ravi Singha, and Ram Amre in different regions of India.
7. The Congress and Congress Socialist Party-led ‘Students’ Federation’ was banned, leading to the Communist Party, Forward Bloc, and RSP leading the students’ movement.
8. 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.