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Usha Mehta (25 March 1920 – 11 August 2000) was a Gandhian and independence activist of India. She is also remembered for organizing the Congress Radio, also called the Secret Congress Radio, an underground radio station, which functioned for few months during the Quit India Movement of 1942.
Mar 8, 2023 · Usha Mehta, the inspiration behind Sara Ali Khan's 'Ae Watan Mere Watan' began as a 22-year-old freedom fighter in college. She was one of India's original radio journalists who ran the underground Congress Radio that aided in the nation's fight for independence.
Aug 14, 2020 · The now-famous speech launched the Quit India movement - and catapulted one young woman in the crowd, 22-year-old Usha Mehta, into the history books. Moved by Gandhi's words, Mehta - with the...
May 13, 2021 · When Mahatma Gandhi gave his famous “Do or Die” speech on Aug. 8, 1942, galvanizing Indians to demand the end of British rule, Usha Mehta heeded the call.
Usha Mehta was a prominent leader of the Quit India movement who set up the underground radio station that broadcast Gandhi's messages. Learn about her life, role, awards and UPSC exam notes from this web page.
Mar 21, 2024 · Usha Mehta was released from Pune’s Yerawada Jail in March 1946, and hailed in the nationalist media as “Radio-ben”. Her ill health kept her out of active politics in independent India, but she remained a staunch Gandhian till the very end.
Dr Usha Mehta was a prominent Gandhian who participated in the freedom struggle from a young age. She organized the Secret Congress Radio, a clandestine station that broadcasted news and messages of the Quit India Movement in 1942.
