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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.
Ae Watan Mere Watan (transl. Oh Country My Country) is a 2024 Hindi-language historical biographical film about India's struggle for freedom in 1942, based on the life of Usha Mehta, a brave young girl who starts an underground radio station to spread the message of unity, setting off a thrilling chase with the British authorities during the Quit India movement.
Congress Radio started with a broadcast on 27 August 1942 at 7:30 p.m. from the top floor of the Sea View building in Chowpatty Bombay with Usha Mehta, the founder of the station, announcing, "This is the Congress Radio calling on (a wavelength of) 42.34 metres from somewhere in India."
Like her contemporaries Aruna Asaf Ali and Usha Mehta, she came to the forefront during the Quit India Movement and was arrested by British. She later worked closely with Mahatma Gandhi during the Partition riots. She accompanied him to Noakhali in 1946. [citation needed]
Usha Mehra (born 14 November 1941) is a former judge of the Delhi High Court, in India. [1] She authored a significant report on lapses in police and judicial procedure in investigating and prosecuting cases of sexual assault in India, following the 2012 Delhi gang-rape and murder.
Usha Mangeshkar (born 1935), Indian singer; Usha Mehta (1920–2000), Indian Gandhian and freedom fighter; Usha Menon, Indian-British gynaecologist; Usha Sanyal, historian specializing in Asia; Usha Uthup (born 1947), Indian singer; K. K. Usha (1939–2020), Chief Justice of the high court of Kerala, India from 2000 to 2001; P. T. Usha (born ...
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Ghadge & Suun (transl. Ghadge & daughter-in-law) is an Indian Marathi language television series which aired on Colors Marathi. It starred Bhagyashree Limaye, Chinmay Udgirkar and Sukanya Kulkarni in lead roles.