Aruna Asaf Ali

Aruna Asaf
Personal details
Born
Aruna Ganguly

(1909-07-16)16 July 1909
Kalka, Punjab, India
Died29 July 1996
(aged 87)
New Delhi, India
Nationality British India (1909-1947)
 India (1947-1996)
Political partyCommunist Party of India
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
Spouse
(m. 1928; died 1953)
Parent
  • Upendranath Ganguli (father)
Alma materSacred Heart Convent
Occupation
AwardsInternational Lenin Peace Prize (1964)
Jawaharlal Nehru Prize (1991)
Padma Vibhushan (1992)
Bharat Ratna (1997)

Aruna Asaf Ali (née Ganguly; 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. Post-independence, she remained active in politics, becoming Delhi's first Mayor.[1]

  1. ^ "Remembering the fearless freedom fighter".