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Who coined the slogan Quit India?
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Indian Independence Movement
In August 1947 British rule ended on the Indian subcontinent.
The slogan "Quit India" was coined by Yusuf Meherally, who served as the mayor of Bombay (now Mumbai).1
While Mahatma Gandhi is often associated with the Quit India Movement because he launched the mass protest on August 8, 1942, and famously delivered the "Do or Die" speech during the movement's initiation, it was Meherally who created the iconic phrase that defined the campaign.231