On 18 August 1942, six people died and many more wounded during the Quit India movement at the Adas railway station in Adas village in

Kaira district Kheda District, known as Kaira District during British rule, is one of the thirty-three districts of Gujarat state in western India. It is part of the region known as Charotar, consisting of Kheda and Anand districts. Kheda was an administrativ ...

in Bombay Presidency,

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(now in

Anand district Anand District is an administrative district of Gujarat state in western India and whose popular nickname is Charotar. It was carved out of the Kheda district in 1997. Anand is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is bounde ...

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, India).

Incident

On 18 August 1942, on the 11th day of the Quit India movement, 34 youth from

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(now Vadodara) were travelling to villages to distribute

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propaganda leaflets. They travelled to Bajva, Navli and Vadod villages from where they reached the Adas railway station to return Baroda. When they reached the station, the police fired on them without warning. Ratibhai Gordhanbhai Patel, Raman Purushottambhai Patel and Mohan Maganlal Patel died on the spot while Tulsi S. Modi and Manibhai P. Shah died of wounds in Anand next day. Four more were severely injured and 11 were suffered minor injuries.

Memorial

A memorial pillar was erected by Anand-Kheda District National Committee at the cost of . The pillar depicts a scene of shooting. On 18 August every year, the Martyr Memory Day is celebrated.

Incident

Memorial

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