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First air date
27 August 1942 (1942-08-27)
Last air date
12 November 1942 (1942-11-12)
Congress Radio, also known as Azad Radio, was an underground radio station that operated for about three months during the Quit India Movement of 1942, a movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi against the British Raj for independence of India. Congress Radio was the broadcasting mouthpiece of the Indian National Congress and functioned from different locations in Bombay, present-day Mumbai, and briefly from Nashik. It was organized by Usha Mehta (1920–2000), then a 22-year student activist, with the help of amateur radio operators.[1] Others who were involved included Vithalbhai Jhaveri, Vitthaldas Khakar, Chandrakant Jhaveri, and Babubhai Thakkar. The broadcasting equipment was supplied by Nanik Motwane of Chicago Radio, Bombay. Prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement like Ram Manohar Lohia, Achyutrao Patwardhan, and Purushottam Trikamdas were also associated with Congress Radio.
The radio station broadcast from 27 August through 12 November 1942 before being shut down by the authorities, with the operators being arrested.
Mehta in 1996Blitz newspaper clipping from 1946 showing Mehta's contributions to the underground radio station
^"A buzz in the air: An excerpt from 'Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942'". The Hindu. 14 August 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 3 October 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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