civil disobedience

In 1964, Gandhian socialist and Member of Parliament Ram Manohar Lohia refused to leave a restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi, which did not serve non-whites, for which he courted arrest. What followed was a remarkable chapter in the struggle for civil liberties.

Both “Quit India” and “Simon Go Back” slogans were coined by a lesser-known hero of India’s struggle for freedom, Yusuf Meherally. Here’s his untold story.

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