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Yusuf Meherally
20th-century Indian independence activist and socialist political leader
Yusuf Meherally Merchant (23 September 1903 – 2 July 1950) was an Indian freedom fighter and socialist leader.
Yusuf meher ali biography
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] He coined the term "Quit India" which found the approval of Mahatma Gandhi.[6] In his book Gandhi and Bombay, K Gopalaswami describes how “Quit India” came to be adopted as the slo