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Bharat Ratna
Aruna Asaf
Personal details
Born
Aruna Ganguly

(1909-07-16)16 July 1909
Kalka, Punjab, India
Died29 July 1996
(aged 87)
New Delhi, India
NationalityAruna Asaf Ali British India (1909-1947)
Aruna Asaf Ali India (1947-1996)
Political partyCommunist Party of India
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress
Spouse
Asaf Ali
(m. 1928; died 1953)
Parent
  • Upendranath Ganguli (father)
Alma materSacred Heart Convent
Occupation
  • Political activist
  • educator
  • publisher
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]

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