Editing Indian independence movement (section)

===Result of movements by Gandhi===
The mass movements sparked nationalist sentiment with the Indian populace and figures like Mahatma Gandhi united a nation behind his non-violence movement; philosophy and undoubtedly put crucial pressure on the British occupation. The movements failed in their primary objective, achieving independence for India, as they were often called off before they naturally concluded due to laws and punishment. While in the later years of the Raj economic factors like the reversing trade fortunes between Britain and India and the cost of fielding the Indian armed forces abroad lumped on the British taxpayer by the 1935 Government of India act, had mounting implications for British administration, united resistance further drew light on the growing disparity of the British failures to achieve solidarity over India.

On 14 July 1942 the [[Congress Working Committee]] (executive committee of Indian National Congress), whose president [[Abul Kalam Azad]] supported Gandhi, passed a resolution demanding complete independence from the British government, and proposed massive civil disobedience if the British did not accede to the demands. On 8 August 1942 the [[Quit India Movement]] (Bharat Chhodo Andolan) began, a civil disobedience movement in India in response to Mahatma Gandhi's call for immediate self-rule by Indians and against sending [[India in World War II|Indians to World War II]]. Other major parties rejected the Quit India plan, and most cooperated closely with the British, as did the princely states, the civil service, and the police. The Muslim League supported the Raj and grew rapidly in membership, and in influence with the British.

The British swiftly responded to the [[Quit India Movement]] with mass arrests. Over 100,000 arrests were made, massive fines were levied, and demonstrators were subjected to public flogging. Hundreds of civilians were killed in violence many shot by the police army. Tens of thousands of leaders were also arrested and imprisoned until 1945. Ultimately, the British government realised that India was ungovernable in the long run, and the question for the postwar era became how to exit gracefully and peacefully.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Zachariah |first=Benjamin |date=2011-03-01 |title=Zachariah, 'Gandhi, Non-Violence and Indian Independence' |url=https://www.academia.edu/7426304 |journal=History Review}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-19 |title=Do or Die: The Quit India Movement of 1942 |url=https://thenonviolenceproject.wisc.edu/2021/08/19/quit-india-movement/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=The Nonviolence Project |language=en-US}}</ref>