Congress Radio: Usha Mehta and the Underground Radio Station of 1942

By Usha Thakkar

This book on the Congress Radio of 1942 is a thrilling and moving account of how a daring underground operation was conceived and carried out, and of how it was busted by the colonial police. It is meticulously researched, drawing on a wide range of primary sources. At the centre of the story is the remarkable figure of Usha Mehta, a slight, slender, twenty-two-year-old freedom fighter of exemplary courage and resolution. The book deserves a wide readership, within and beyond the academy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670095664
• ISBN13: 9780670095667
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: India Viking
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.5" x 8.7"