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'''Congress Radio''' was a clandestine and underground [[radio station]], which operated for about three months during the [[Quit India Movement]] of 1942, a movement launched by [[Gandhi]] against the [[British Raj]] for [[Indian Independence Movement|independence]] of [[India]]. Congress Radio was the broadcasting mouthpiece of the [[Indian National Congress]], and functioned from different locations from [[Bombay]], currently known as [[Mumbai]]. It was organized by [[Usha Mehta]] (1920–2000), a veteran [[Freedom fighters of India|freedom fighter]] of India with the help of [[ham radio in India|ham radio operators]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-08-14|title=A buzz in the air: An excerpt from ‘Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942’|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/a-buzz-in-the-air-an-excerpt-from-congress-radio-usha-mehta-and-the-underground-radio-station-of-1942/article35891030.ece|access-date=2021-08-14|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Her other associates for organizing the Congress Radio included Vitthaldas Khakar, Chandrakant Jhaveri, and Babubhai Thakkar. The technicians and the equipment were supplied by Nanik Motwane of ''Chicago Radio'', Mumbai. Eminent personalities like [[Ram Manohar Lohia]], Achyutrao Patwardhan, and Purushottam Trikamdas were also associated with the Congress Radio.<br />
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On 14 August 1942, within a week of launching of the Quit India Movement, the Secret Congress Radio, went on air, with Dr. Usha Mehta herself broadcasting this announcement:<br> "This is the Congress Radio calling on (a wavelength of) 42.34 meters from somewhere in India."<ref name="The underground Congress radio during freedom struggle and 22-yr-old woman behind its voice">{{cite news |last1=The Print |title=The underground Congress radio during freedom struggle and 22-yr-old woman behind its voice |url=https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/underground-congress-radio-during-freedom-struggle-and-usha-mehta/591863/ |accessdate=3 October 2021 |date=26 January 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003174355/https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/underground-congress-radio-during-freedom-struggle-and-usha-mehta/591863/ |archivedate=3 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Amateur radio in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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*''India’s 50 Most Illustrious Women'' ({{ISBN|81-88086-19-3}}) by Indra Gupta<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061103023132/http://streams.gandhiserve.org/audio_library.html Programs of Congress Radio], see 'Records and Audio Tapes'<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040911201822/http://www.hindu.com/2004/08/26/stories/2004082603150300.htm Article on Congress Radio]<br />
*http://www.clandestineradio.com/intel/station.php?id=84&stn=237 Audio File<br />
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