What is Quit india movement?

On august 8, 1942 the All India Congress Committee adopted a resolution in favour of starting a mass movement. Gandhiji named it Quit India movement It is also known as Bharat Chodo Andolan. The congress demanded the immediate ending of the British rule in India. The repressive_policy and cruel atrocities_were committed on the innocent people. Mass arrests were made and thousands of Indians became the target of the British bullets.