a) On 8th August 1942 the Quit India resolution was passed.
b) Gandhi gave the slogan 'Do or die'.
c) Many leaders were arrested.
d) There were many instances of violence like setting fire to post offices, cutting of telegraph lines and disrupting railway traffic.
Undying mass movement:
a) All sections of the society participated in the movement.
b) There were a large number of workers strike such as strikes in Buckingham and Carnatic Mills, Madras port Trust, Madras Corporation and the Electric Tramway.
c) Students of various colleges took active part in the protests.
d) The airport in Sulur was attacked and trains derailed in Coimbatore.
In South Tamil Nadu:
a) Congress volunteers clashed with the military in Madurai.
b) Many young men and women also joined the INA.
c) The Quit India movement was suppressed with brutal force.

(i) On 18 March 1919 Gandhi addressed a meeting on Marina Beach.
(ii) On 6 April 1919 hartal was organised to protest against the "Black Act".
(iii) Protest demonstrations were held at several parts of Tamil Nadu.
(iv) Processions from many areas of the city converged in the Marina beach where there was a large gathering.
(v) They devoted the whole day to fasting and prayer in the Marina beach.
(vi) Madras Satyagraha Sabha was formed.
(vii) Rajaji, Kasturirangar, s. satyamurty and George Joseph addressed the meeting.
(viii) A separate meeting of workers was addressed by v. Kalyanasundaram (Thiru. v. Ka) B.P. Wadia and V.O.C. An important aspect of the movement was that the working classes, students and women took part in large numbers.

(i) When the Viceroy did not accept the demands put forward by Gandhi, he launched the Civil Disobedience Movement.
(ii) Rajaji organised and led a salt satyagraha march to Vedaranyam.
(iii) The march started from Tiruchirappalli on 13 April 1930 and reached Vedaranyam in Thanjavur district on 28 April.
(iv) A special song was composed for the march by Namakkal Ramalinganil with the lines,"A War is ahead sans sword, sans bloodshed... Join this match".
(v) Despite a brutal crackdown by the police, the marching satyagrahis were provided a warm reception along the route.
(vi) on reaching Vedaranyam 12 volunteers under the leadership of Rajaji broke the salt law by picking up salt. Rajaji was arrested.
(vii) T.S.S. Rajan, Ruknani Lakshmipathi, Sardar Vedarathnam, C. Swaminathar, and K. Santhanam were among the prominent leaders who participated in the vedaranyam salt satyagraha.

(i) Simon Commission Boycott:
a) ln 1927 a statutory commission was constituted under Sir John Simon to review the Act of 1919 and to suggest reforms.
b) However, to the great disappointment of Indians, it was an all white commission with not a single Indian member.
c) So the Congress boycotted the Simon Commission.
d) In Madras, the Simon Boycott Propaganda Committee was set up with S.Satyamurti as the president.
e) The arrival of Simon Commission in Madras On 18 February, 1929 black flags were waved against the commission.
(ii) Quit India Struggle:
a) On 8th August 1942 the Quit India resolution was passed.
b) Gandhi gave the slogan 'Do or die'.
c) The entire Congress leadership was arrested.
(iii) Undying mass movement:
a) All sections of the society participated in the movement:
b) There were a large number of workers strike such as strikes in Buckingham and Carnatic Mills, Madras Port Trust, Madras Corporation and the Electric Tramway.
c) Students of various colleges took active part in the. protests.
d) Many young men and women alsojoined the INA.
e) The Ouit India movement was suppressed with brutal force.
 

(i) As part of the noa-cooperation movement, in many places, cultivators refused to pay taxes.
(ii) A no-tax campaign took place in Thanjavur. Councils, schools, and courts were boycotted.
(iii) Foreign goods were boycotted.
(iv) There were a number of workers Strikes all over the region, many of them led by nationalist leaders.
Movement against liquor:
(i) One of the important aspects of the movement in Tamil Nadu was the temperance movement or movement against liquor.
Agitations:
(i) In November 1921 it was decided to organise civil disobedience.
(ii) Rajaji, Subramania Sastri and EVR were arrested.
(iii) The visit of Prince of Wales on 13 January 1922 was boycotted.
(iv) In the police repression two were killed and many injured.
(v) The Non-cooperation Movement was withdrawn in 1922 after the chauri chaura incident in which 22 Policemen were killed.