Saras, Bombay Presidency, British India (present day Surat, Gujarat, India)
Died
11 August 2000(2000-08-11) (aged 80)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India [1]
Education
Ph.D. in Gandhian Thought
Occupations
Activist
Professor
Employers
Wilson College, Mumbai (till 1980)[2]
Gandhi Peace Foundation
Known for
Gandhian and freedom fighter of India
Awards
Padma Vibhushan (1998)
Usha Mehta (25 March 1920 – 11 August 2000[3]) was a Gandhian and freedom fighter 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]
^"Gandhian Usha Mehta passes away". 12 August 2000.
^NAVEEN JOSHI (1997). FREEDOM FIGHTERS REMEMBER. Publications Division, Government of India. ISBN 9788123025193.
^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.
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