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A Brief History of Sound Recording
Object 13 of 36
Congress Radio Broadcast (excerpt) (August 1942, 1:37)
Usha Mehta | Bombay (now Mumbai), India | Courtesy: GandhiServe - gandhiserve.org

A young Indian woman started an underground radio station in Bombay (now Mumbai) to aid in overthrowing the British Empire's control of India.

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