[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.

[6] In his book Gandhi and Bombay, K Gopalaswami describes how “Quit India” came to be adopted as the slogan amidst other contenders.

His courage gained widespread recognition, including from Mahatma Gandhi, leading the British to debar him from practicing law.

Noticing a lack of literature on contemporary Indian issues, he wrote the “Leaders of India” series, translating them into Gujarati, Hindi, and Urdu.

[6] Yusuf Meherally mobilized his socialist colleagues, including Rammanohar Lohia, Aruna Asaf Ali, and Achyut Patwardhan, to continue the Quit India movement while underground after Congress leaders were arrested.