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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."
Usha Bala Chilukuri Vance (born January 6, 1986) [2] is an American lawyer who has been the second lady of the United States since January 20, 2025, being married to Vice President JD Vance. A former trial lawyer, she has also worked with justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. She is the first Indian American and Hindu American in ...
Mr. Ratilal Bhaichand Mehta (the sessions judge) considered the acquittal as perverse, and took a historic decision of overturning the jury's decision. He referred the case to the Bombay High Court [10] for a retrial. The prosecution argued that the jury had been misled by the presiding judge on four crucial points:
On 22 December 2010, Koli was found guilty of the June 2006 murder of Deepali Sarkar, 12, and given a fourth death sentence. [39] [40] On 15 February 2011, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Surinder Koli. [41] On 24 December 2012, Koli was found guilty of the 4 June 2005 murder of Chhoti Kavita, 5, and given a fifth death sentence ...
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 ...
Shamrao G. Samant, a senior criminal lawyer who had conducted many successful prosecutions for the state government, was appointed special public prosecutor for the trial. The case began on 15 May 1978 in Pune district and lasted more than four months. On 28 September 1978, they were sentenced to death by Pune Sessions Court Judge Waman Narayan ...