10 Iconic Pictures That Depict Quit India Movement

It was during the Quit India Movement that Mahatma Gandhi gave the call of 'Do or Die', motivating Indians to rebel against the British Raj. Take a look at 10 pictures from the time, that will take you back to India's struggle for freedom.

* Police lathicharge Congressmen demonstrating against the 'Raj', at the call of Mahatma Gandhi's 'Do or Die', a strong folklore of the Quit India Movement, in Bombay on August 9, 1942.

* Students and youth carry the Indian national flag during a procession.

* A 1940 file picture of freedom fighters, (from left) Aruna Asaf Ali, Jaiprakash Narain, Ram Manohar Lohia, Achyut Patwardhan at a 'dharna' during 'Quit India' movement or 'Bharat Chhodo Andolan', in New Delhi.

* A 1940s file picture of freedom fighters burning a heap of foreign apparel in protest against the British rule during the Quit India movement, in Bombay.

* Congress leader and freedom fighter Jawaharlal Nehru (2nd from left) interacts with other activists of the freedom struggle, during the launch of 'Quit India' movement on June 18, 1942.

* Socialist leader and one of the founder members of the Janata Party, S M Joshi paying floral tributes to the martyrs of 'Quit India' movement on its 45th anniversary organised by Janata Party, at August Kranti Maidan in Bombay on August 9, 1987.

* Former Prime Minister of India P V Narasimha Rao (left) felicitating the veteran freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali, at a function to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the Quit India Movement at August Kranti Maidan in Bombay on August 9, 1992. Others from the right seen during the event are Narendra Tidke, Sudhakarrao Naik and Shivajirao Deshmukh.

* Mahatma Gandhi giving the Quit India speech on August 8, 1942, on the eve of the Quit India movement.

* Police lathicharge demonstrators during the Quit India movement.

* Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru during the announcement rally of Quit India Resolution.