The slogan 'Do or Die' (Karo ya Maro), given during the Quit India Movement in August 1942, was given by:

The slogan "Do or Die" ("Karo ya Maro") was given by Mahatma Gandhi in his speech at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay on 8 August 1942, after the All-India Congress Committee passed the Quit India resolution.

Gandhi's speech:

Gandhi said: "Here is a mantra, a short one, that I give you. You may imprint it on your hearts and let every breath of yours give expression to it. The mantra is: 'Do or Die'. We shall either free India or die in the attempt; we shall not live to see the perpetuation of our slavery."

He asked every Indian to act as a free person, and to do everything possible to end British rule, through non-violent means.

He told different groups of people what to do: government servants should declare their allegiance to the Congress, soldiers should refuse to fire on their own people, students should leave studies if they were sure of continuing until independence, and princes should accept the sovereignty of their people.

The Quit India resolution:

• It demanded the immediate end of British rule in India.
• It called for a mass struggle on non-violent lines under Gandhi's leadership.
• It said that a free India would join the Allies in the fight against fascism.

What followed:

• Early the next morning (9 August 1942), Gandhi and all the top leaders of the Congress were arrested under "Operation Zero Hour".
• The Congress was declared an illegal organisation.
• With the leaders in jail, the movement became a spontaneous mass uprising, with strikes, demonstrations, attacks on government property and the setting up of parallel governments in some places.

Parallel governments:

• In Ballia (Uttar Pradesh), under Chittu Pandey.
• In Tamluk (Midnapore, Bengal), the "Jatiya Sarkar".
• In Satara (Maharashtra), the "Prati Sarkar".

NCERT on Quit India:

NCERT notes that the Quit India Movement was genuinely a mass movement, bringing into its ambit hundreds of thousands of ordinary Indians.

Why not the other options?

• ✗Nehru, Bose and Jayaprakash Narayan gave other slogans and played other roles.