Usha mehta biography of abraham

She was attracted to Gandhian principles at a younger age and used to participate in his camps. In at the age of 8, she was one among the group who protested Simon Commission. Her father was a judge under the British Raj. Inhe retired from service bringing an end to those hindrances. She also created awareness among her schoolmates and distributed bulletins and publications.

At a younger age, she started wearing only khadi clothes and lived a simple Gandhian life. Many great Indian leaders assisted the Secret Congress Radio. But on November 12, British she along with her associates got arrested. Usha was imprisoned at Yeravda Jail in Pune where her health got deteriorated. She was later released in at the orders of Morarji Desai.

This would help her on the path to come. The British authorities pre-emptively arrested all the leaders including Mahatma Gandhi in order to derail the movement, but junior leaders like Aruna Asaf Ali still went ahead with the event, hoisting the national flag at Gowalia Tank ground and thus starting the Quit India movement. On 14 AugustUsha and he close associated began the underground Congress Radio, a clandestine radio station that went on air on 27 August.

The radio broadcasts recorded messages from Gandhi and other prominent leaders of the freedom movement. The messages were played across India by the Congress Radio. The British tried to clamp down on the Congress Radio but its location was changed daily to avoid detection. But they were eventually found on 12 Novemberand all its organisers including Usha were arrested.

She was held in solitary confinement and offered incentives to betray the movement but it was of little use. During her trial, she chose to remain silent and did not answer any questions put forward by the prosecution even to the ones that would have saved her. She was sentenced to four years imprisonment at Yervada Jail in Pune. Shortly afterward, Gandhi arranged a camp near her village in which little Usha participated, attending sessions and doing a little spinning.

He, therefore, did not encourage her to participate in the freedom struggle. However, this limitation was removed when her father retired in Gandhi and the congress had announced that the Quit India Movement would commence on August 9,with a rally at Gowalia Tank grounds in Mumbai.

Usha mehta biography of abraham

Nearly all leaders including Gandhiji were arrested before that date. Usha Mehta has three nephews. Her second nephew is Dr Yatin Mehta who is an anaesthetist. Hinduja National Hospital, Mumbai. Usha Mehta never married or had children. Soon afterwards, Gandhi visited her village for a campaign where little Usha participated in spinning charkha, and she also attended the speeches delivered by Mahatma Gandhi.

I had the satisfaction of breaking the law and doing something for the nation even as a young child. Usha, along with other village girls, participated in morning protests against the British Raj while surrounding and picketing in front of various liquor shops. In one of the protests, a girl with an Indian flag in her hand was fell down by the policemen during the lathi charge.

The children later complained to their parents and elders about the incident. In the next protest, all these children seen wearing the tri-colour saffron, white and green dresses and shouting to the British policemen. Her father was not happy with Usha when she participated in several freedom fighter movements. However, the restrictions turned down when her father retired inand they moved to Bombay, now Mumbai.

InUsha Mehta began participating in Quit India Movement by distributing secret bulletins and publications to the prisoners and meeting their relatives to carry secret information. All the major leaders including Mahatma Gandhi got arrested before the day and the gathered crowd was handled by the junior leaders for addressing them and hoisting the flag.

Usha, along with other freedom fighters, began a Secret Congress Radio on 14 August On 27 August, this radio went on air.