SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Usha Mehta

1920 - 2000

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Usha Mehta (25 March 1920 – 11 August 2000) 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. In 1998, the Government of India conferred on her Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award of the Republic of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Usha Mehta is the 614th most popular social activist (down from 561st in 2019), the 877th most popular biography from India (down from 727th in 2019) and the 50th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Usha Mehta ranks 614 out of 840. Before her are Yelizaveta Chaikina, Vladimir Kara-Murza, Lida Heymann, Neerja Bhanot, Manal al-Sharif, and Robert Emmet. After her are Oleksandra Matviichuk, Barbara Bush, Marguerite Higgins, Oinikhol Bobonazarova, Yolanda King, and James Meredith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Usha Mehta ranks 413. Before her are Michael Bates, Errol Barrow, Paul Scott, Jean Dutourd, Lewis Wilson, and G. D. Spradlin. After her are J. J. C. Smart, Marguerite Higgins, Philippa Pearce, Keith Andes, Gail Halvorsen, and Bai Yang. Among people deceased in 2000, Usha Mehta ranks 317. Before her are Joan Hartigan, Noor Jehan, Humberto Donoso, Anthony Powell, Lewis Wilson, and Diógenes Domínguez. After her are Kurt Schmid, Paul Bartel, Peter Dubovský, Ali Sardar Jafri, Bunny Austin, and Julius J. Epstein.

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In India

Among people born in India, Usha Mehta ranks 877 out of 1,861. Before her are Mammootty (1951), Kirron Kher (1955), Arjun Kapoor (1985), Anandiben Patel (1941), Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905), and Basanti Bisht (1953). After her are Gauri Khan (1970), Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914), Javed Akhtar (1945), Gurdial Singh (1933), Tarsem Singh (1961), and Buddhadeb Dasgupta (1944).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Usha Mehta ranks 50. Before her are Manilal Gandhi (1892), Stan Swamy (1937), Har Dayal (1884), Madan Lal Dhingra (1883), Veerappan (1952), and Neerja Bhanot (1963). After her are Sumaira Abdulali (1961), Jadav Payeng (1963), Medha Patkar (1954), Nirmala Deshpande (1929), Jamnalal Bajaj (1889), and Rajmohan Gandhi (1935).

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