Yusuf Meher ali explained

Yusuf Meherally Merchant
Birth Date:1903 9, df=yes

Yusuf Meherally Merchant (23 September 1903 – 2 July 1950) was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist leader. He was elected Mayor of Bombay[1] in 1942 to 1943 while he was imprisoned in Yerawada Central Prison.[2]

He was the founder of the National Militia, Bombay Youth League and the Congress Socialist Party[3] and played a role in several peasant and trade union movements. He coined the term 'Simon Go Back'.[4]

He was a part of the Quit India Movement along with Mahatma Gandhi for India's last nationwide campaign for independence from the British Empire. He was a participant of underground movement and was in forefront of Quit India Movement.[5]

List of works

  1. What to Read: A Study Syllabus (1937)
  2. Leaders of India (1942)
  3. A Trip to Pakistan (1944)
  4. The Modern World: A Political Study Syllabus, Part 1 (1945)
  5. The Price of Liberty (1948)
  6. Underground Movement(1942)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome to Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, India. www.mcgm.gov.in.
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 14 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010043642/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19990208/ile08143.html . 10 October 2012 .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 14 September 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010043642/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19990208/ile08143.html . 10 October 2012 .
  4. News: 'Simon Go Back' — 75 years after . 31 October 2003 . Anil . Nauriya . The Tribune . Chandigarh, India . 31 January 2019.
  5. Book: Wickenden, T. . Quit India Movement: British Secret Report . Thomson Press (India) . 1976 . 2023-08-22 . 246.

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