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Usha Mehta (25 March 1920 – 11 August 2000 [3]) 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.
Aug 14, 2020 · Usha Mehta was just 22 when she went "underground" to run a secret radio station during India's fight for freedom from British colonial rule. BBC Gujarati's Parth Pandya...
Mar 22, 2024 · Usha Mehta was born in a village named Saras, near Surat in Gujarat in 1920. She was a true Gandhian at heart and was popularly known as Ushaben. At the age of eight in 1928, she participated in a protest march against the Simon Commission.
Dr Usha Mehta was born on 25th March 1920 in Saras village near Surat (Gujarat). Her role in India’s freedom struggle was unique. As a little girl of five, she first saw Gandhiji during his visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.
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.
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 11, 2018 · She disappeared for nearly a fortnight, and when she resurfaced, she had helped set up an underground radio station. The young woman was Usha Mehta, who would later come to be known as ‘Ushaben’. Born on March 25, 1920, in Saras, near Surat, Gujarat, Usha met the Mahatma as a child.
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.
Aug 14, 2021 · Responding to his call, a 22-year-old student of Wilson College, Usha Mehta, starts an underground radio station to counter the propaganda disseminated through All India Radio, the British ...
May 18, 2023 · Usha Mehta, a prominent figure in India’s fight for independence, dedicated her life to the cause of freedom. Known for her contributions to the Quit India Movement, she served as a beacon of resistance against British rule, using clandestine radio broadcasts to disseminate news and stoke nationalistic fervor.
