World Radio Day 2026: How Saeeda Bano and Usha Mehta Changed India with Radio

• World Radio Day 2026 highlights the transformative power of radio, especially through women's voices in India.
• Saeeda Bano made history in 1947 as India’s first female radio newsreader at All India Radio, breaking barriers in public broadcasting.
• Her calm, authoritative voice redefined representation and opened doors for women in media and journalism.
• Usha Mehta, at 22, secretly operated the underground Congress Radio during the 1942 Quit India Movement.
• Mehta's broadcasts defied British censorship, providing updates and hope, turning radio into a weapon of resistance.