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Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

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Debunking the ‘Quit India Was Useless’ Myth

In his viral video, Prakhar Shrivastava, a pro-Hindutva commentator on history, calls the Quit India Movement a “super-duper flop.”  Shrivastava’s claim is similar to the decades of the extremist Hindu organisations’ arguments downplaying 1942. Viceroy telegrams, Churchill’s private remarks, and Bose’s own broadcasts say otherwise.

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