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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."
To circumvent media restrictions, Indian National Congress activists, led by Usha Mehta contacted Mumbai-based amateur radio operators, "Bob" Tanna (VU2LK) and Printer to help broadcast messages to grass-root party workers across the country. [1] This became known as the "Congress Radio", and began broadcasting from 2 September 1942 on 7.12 MHz.
Zarin Mehta, executive director of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra; Zubin Mehta, former conductor, New York Philharmonic Orchestra; receiver of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; Sanjay Mishra, guitarist and composer; Thara Prashad, R&B singer and model of half Indian descent; Vidya Vox, YouTube musician; Vasant Rai, performer of Indian ...
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Many of those who know him credit his remarkable success story to the influence of his wife, Usha Vance, whom he met on the Ivy League campus. By any measure, JD Vance, 40, has had a meteoric rise.
Alice Kaushik as Daisy – Jackie's girlfriend. (2018) Ashish Dixit as Guddu Srivastav: Omprakash and Usha's son; Mandakini's brother; Jackie's adopted brother; Arya's first husband. (2018–2019) (Dead) Deepali Saini as Mandakini Srivastav: Omprakash and Usha's daughter; Guddu's sister; Jackie's adopted sister. (2018–2019)