quit india movement

Today is 9th august . Dad remembered the day . he was in 6th class. and a rally was held in daresi ground and they also got down from their class which was on upper floor and shouted slogans of angrez bharat choro. Later around the same dates hiroshima and nagasaki were bombed. he missed out twice on 10th exams as riots would start and they lived on the other side of town from where his school was. His friend Om Joshi's father was hit by a stray bullet during one of these times while he was sitting inside the house and passed away, which was in old city. They have been friends since school days. Uncle was brilliant and had tooped Punjab Board. Dad says he would teach tution to the students of previous class. Lare on he taught in Simla and Sangrur before migrating to canada where he lives in Prince Edward Islands and retired as a school principle.