The Quit India Movement was launched on

Explanation

1. 01

   The call was given on 8 August 1942, at the All India Congress Committee session in Bombay.

2. 02

   Every senior leader was arrested within twenty-four hours, which is why 9 August is also remembered — as the day of the arrests.

3. 03

   The movement then ran without its recognised leadership, which is a large part of what makes it distinctive.