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'''Gowalia Tank Maidan''' (officially renamed '''August Kranti Maidan''')<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qmoiCCN2AK0C&q=gowalia+tank+august+kranti&pg=PA9 | title=Dialogue with Life | publisher=Allied Publishers | author=Dandawate Madhu | author-link=Madhu Dandawate | year=2005 | pages=9 | isbn=9788177648560 |access-date=10 May 2014}}</ref> is a park in [[Tardeo]], central [[Mumbai]] where [[Mahatma Gandhi]] issued the [[Quit India speech]] on 8 August 1942 decreeing that the [[United Kingdom|British]] must leave India immediately or else mass agitations would take place.<br />
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==History==<br />
On August 7, 1942, the All India Congress Committee organized its session under the Presidentship of [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]], which continued past-midnight into the next day. The venue was the Gowalia Tank Maidan, which was located 250 metres away from Goculdas Tejpal House, the place where the Indian National Congress was established in December 1885. The next day (August 8. 1942), the call for "Quit India Movement" was given, with the mantra of "do or die."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Koppikar |first1=Smruti |title=Bombay's freedom trail: August Kranti and Cows' Maidan |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/bombay-s-freedom-trail-august-kranti-and-cows-maidan/story-gB0UaszfrJfVVDZUU9QzHO.html |access-date=4 March 2020 |publisher=The Hindustan Times |date=3 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohamed |first1=Thaver |title=August Kranti Marg named after the ground where Mahatma Gandhi gave Quit India speech in 1942 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/august-kranti-marg-named-after-the-ground-where-mahatma-gandhi-gave-quit-india-speech-in-1942-5385451/ |access-date=4 March 2020 |publisher=The Indian Express |date=4 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hutchins |first1=Francis G |title=Gandhi's Battlefield Choice: The Mahatma, The Bhagavad Gita, and World War II |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group |isbn=978-1138484795 |pages=215 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nNNBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT56 |access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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In the words of Gandhi "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".<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DY6FEMoIeqsC&q=gowalia+tank&pg=PA9 | title=Criminal Justice India Series, Vol. 4 | publisher=Allied Publishers | pages=9 | isbn=8177643657 |access-date=10 May 2014}}</ref> The call mobilised the citizens to a huge Civil Disobedience movement as the British refused to grant independence till the [[World War II]] (1939 to 1945) was over.<br />
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==Origin of the name==<br />
The Gowalia Tank was initially used to bathe cows.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marfatia |first1=Meher |title=What's In A Name? A Whole Lot Across Town |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/whats-in-a-name-a-whole-lot-across-town/22613193 |access-date=4 March 2020 |publisher=Mid Day |date=16 February 2020}}</ref> ''Go - Walia'' comes from the marathi/Gujarati word ''Gaie'' (cow) ''Wala'' (owner of the cattle). The cattle owners would bring the cows to be bathed in the waters of the tank. The Maidan that exists over there presently was built over the tank, which still exists underground. Gowalia Tank was also a very prominent [[Trams in India#Mumbai|tram]] terminus. Trams would start and finish there and one could travel to the Prince of Wales Museum in one anna (six paise).<br />
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==Current usage==<br />
The Maidan is now a popular playground. Cricket is the popular game although the monsoon season is primarily for football and volleyball. The ground has been split into 5 smaller grounds. The largest one is the playground, with one playground for children, one garden for promenades which is frequented by senior citizens and one ground is used by the [[Fellowship School]]. The last park area houses the Smarak or martyr monument which is a white marble tower that cradles a pink lotus atop it.<br />
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A central road cuts through the maidan grounds and connects the August Kranti Road with Hughes Road. The ground connects Tejpal Road and Laburnum Road, Alexandra Road and August Kranti Road.<br />
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The closest suburban railway station on the [[Western line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)|Western Railway line]] is [[Grant Road railway station|Grant Road]]. The [[August Kranti Rajdhani Express]], connecting Mumbai to New Delhi, was named after this maidan.<br />
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[[Category:Parks in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Quit India Movement]]<br />
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