Usha Mehta | |
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Died | 11 August 2000 | (aged 80)
Education | Ph.D. in Gandhian Thought |
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Known for | Gandhian and political activist of India |
Awards | Padma Vibhushan (1998) |
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. In 1998, the Government of India conferred on her Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India.[4]