Usha Mehta

Usha Mehta
Mehta in 1996
Born(1920-03-25)25 March 1920
Saras, Bombay Presidency, British India
(present day Surat, Gujarat, India)
Died11 August 2000(2000-08-11) (aged 80)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1]
EducationPh.D. in Gandhian Thought
Occupations
  • Activist
  • Professor
Employers
Known forGandhian and political activist of India
AwardsPadma 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]

  1. ^ "Gandhian Usha Mehta passes away". 12 August 2000.
  2. ^ NAVEEN JOSHI (1997). FREEDOM FIGHTERS REMEMBER. Publications Division, Government of India. ISBN 9788123025193.
  3. ^ Noted Gandhian Usha Mehta Dead, M.K. Gandhi.org. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. ^ BBC News (14 August 2020). "The fiery Indian student who ran a secret radio station for independence". Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.