Women and Youth Lead the Quit India Movement After Leaders’ Arrest

While senior politicians faced the iron bars of prison, a new generation of activists rose. Arunaa Asaf Ali, often called the “Grand Old Lady” of the freedom fight, unfurled the Indian tricolor at Gowalia Tank Maidan on August 9, undeterred by police batons and tear‑gas. Simultaneously, 22‑year‑old student Usha Mehta established an underground Congress Radio that broadcast on a 42.34 meter band, constantly shifting locations to evade British censorship and spread the call for revolt across the nation.