Aruna Asaf Ali
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| Born |
Aruna asaf ali 16 July 1909 Kalka, Punjab, British India |
| Died | 29 July 1996 (aged 87) New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Sacred Heart Convent |
| Occupation | Teacher, independence activist, politician, newspaper publisher |
| Spouse(s) | Asaf Ali (1888-1953) |
| Awards | Bharat Ratna (1997) |
Aruna Asaf Ali (Bengali: অরুণা আসফ আলী) (16 July 1909 – 29 July 1996), born Aruna Ganguly, was an Indian independence activist. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942.
After the independence, she remained active in politics, becoming Delhi's first mayor in 1958. In the 1960s, she successfully started a media publishing house.
She received India's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, posthumously in 1997.
Aruna Asaf Ali was born (Aruna Ganguly) on 16 July 1909 in Kalka, Punjab, British India (now in Haryana, India) into a Bengali Brahmo family. Her father Upendranath Ganguly hailed from Barisal district of Eastern Bengal (now Bangladesh) but settled in the United Province. He was a restaurant owner. Her mother Ambalika Devi was the daughter of Trailokyanath Sanyal, a renowned Brahmo leader who wrote many Brahmo hymns. Upendranath Ganguly's younger brother Dhirendranath Ganguly (D G) was one of the earliest film directors. Another brother, Nagendranath, was a university professor who married Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore's only surviving daughter Mira Devi. Aruna's sister Purnima Banerjee was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.
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