Philosophy of Ram Manohar Lohia on rebel and the rebellion during Quit India movement

India came under the control of British Colonial empire in late eighteenth century. After emergence of Gandhi on the political scene of India in twentieth century, the struggle against the foreign rule moved forward in a particular way through various national movements. In 1942, Gandhi declared the Quit India Movement but the British Government arrested the prominent leaders of Congress including Gandhi on 8^th August, a day before the movement had to begin. It transferred the responsibility of the movement on the remaining. Ram Manohar Lohia who was the member of Congress Socialist Party worked hard for the movement to keep the momentum going on. Lohia went underground to avoid the arrest and guided the people of India and the volunteers of the Congress on how to sustain the movement through his pamphlets and writings. In his writings, he discussed the elements of rebellion and the rebels. He was a firm believer of the principle of non-violence and was the true follower of Gandhi. He advocated non-violence as the means of the rebellion against the state. In the present research paper, “Philosophy of Ram Manohar Lohia on Rebel and the Rebellion during Quit India Movement of 1942”, the role of Ram Manohar Lohia in the Quit India Movement, his ideas regarding the movement, scope of a rebellion, means of the rebellion-non-violence and the guidance he provided to masses and his fellow congress men has been discussed.