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Aruna Asaf Ali (née Ganguly) (Bengali pronunciation:; [1] 16 July 1909 – 29 July 1996) was an Indian educator, political activist, and publisher. An active participant in the Indian independence movement, she is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan, Bombay during the Quit India Movement in 1942.
In 1928, he married Aruna Asaf Ali, a marriage that raised eyebrows on the grounds of religion (Asaf Ali was a Muslim while Aruna was a Hindu) and age difference (Aruna was 20 years junior to him). She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement , 1942.
[3] [4] [5] It was established on 4 June 1954 by several leaders from Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti including Aruna Asaf Ali. [6] [7] [8] The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss addressing at a Programme on Female Foeticide, organised by the National Federation of Indian Women, in New Delhi on 13 July 2007 Mohd ...
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Mayor – Aruna Asaf Ali – 1958 [73] Goa. Chief Minister – Shashikala Kakodkar (1973–79) Gujarat. Chief Minister – Anandiben Patel – 2014 [citation needed]
As a student she took part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and worked with Aruna Asaf Ali. [4] During this time, she relocated to Delhi where she went underground and edited a journal ‘Hamara Sangram’. She was arrested and after serving time at the Lahore Women's Central Jail, she started working among industrial workers.
A fact from Aruna Asaf Ali appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 September 2005. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that a young Aruna Asaf Ali had to commence the Quit India Movement in 1942 as all the major leaders were arrested the night before to prevent them from reaching the venue?
Aruna Asaf Ali credits Satyavati with motivating her to join the nationalist movement. [2] Satyavati undertook social work among mill workers at textile mills in Gwalior and Delhi . She founded the Congress Mahila Samaj [ 3 ] and Congress Desh Sevika Dal and she also co-founded the Congress Socialist Party.