1. Gandhi decided on the strategy of individual Satyagraha so that the war against fascism was not hampered.
2. The satyagraha were handpicked by Gandhi and their demand was restricted to asserting their freedom of speech to preach against participation in the war.
3. The chosen satyagraha was to inform the District Magistrate of the date, time and place of the protest.
4. On reaching there at the appointed time, and publicly declare the following: 'It is wrong to help the British War effort with men Of money. The only worthy effort is to resist all war efforts with non-violent resistance and offer arrest. The programme began on October 17, 1940 with Vinobha Bhave offering Satyagraha near his Paunar ashram in Maharashtra. Gandhi suspended the Satyagraha in December 1941.
5. It was revived with some changes and groups offered satyagrahas from January 1941 and was eventually withdrawn in August 1941.

1. A battalion of the INA commanded by Shah Nawaz accompanied the Japanese army, in its march on Imphal.
2. This was in late 1944 and the Axis powers, including the Japanese forces, had fallen into bad times all over.
3. The Imphal campaign did not succeed and the Japanese retreated before the final surrender to the British command in mid-1945.
4. Shah Nawaz and his soldiers of the INA were taken prisoners and charged with treason.

1. Bose enlisted civilians too into the INA and one of the regiments was made up of women.
2. The Rani of Jhansi regiment of the INA was commanded by a medical doctor and daughter of freedom fighter Ammu Swaminathan from Madras, Dr Lakshmi.

1. Yet another prominent feature of the Quit India movement was the use of Radio by the rebels. The press being censored, the rebels set up a clandestine radio broadcast system from Bombay.
2. The transmitter was shifted from one place to another in and around the city. Usha Mehta was the force behind the clandestine radio operations and its broadcast was heard as far away as Madras.