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  Guardian | Aruna Asaf Ali
Remarkably, until the 1942 Quit India Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Indian nation, Aruna Asaf Ali was entirely apolitical, though she was married to a prominent Congress leader of undivided India, who subsequently served as Nehru's ambassador to the United States and as governor of Orissa state.
Aruna Asaf Ali was among the tens of thousands of young Indians who immediately responded to the Mahatma's call.
It went through various vicissitudes, the first of which was the exit from it of Aruna and her associates, of whom the closest was a remarkable and able journalist, Edatata Narayanan.
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Aruna Asaf Ali was born into an orthodox Hindu Bengali family of the Gangulees's and was educated at the Sacred Heart Convent in Lahore and then sent to a Protestant school in Nainital.
Aruna Asaf Ali's first major political involvement was during the salt Satyagraha, when she addressed public meetings and led processions.
Aruna Asaf Ali came to be known as the 'Grand old Lady of the Independence Movement' and the Heroine of the 1942 Movement.' After she was married, she also worked in the local women's league, which was affiliated to the All India Women's Conference.
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 Aruna Asaf Ali
Aruna Asaf Ali is famous for hoisting the Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement in 1942.
Aruna Asaf Ali was a member of the Congress Socialist Party, a group within the Congress Party for activists with socialist leanings.
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 Bharat Ratna for Nanda and late Aruna Asaf Ali
While the award is being conferred on Nanda in the 100th year of his life, the honour has come posthumously for Aruna Asaf Ali, who as a young freedom fighter hoisted the tricolour on the historic Quit India day of August 9, 1942, in Mumbai defying the mighty British empire.
Nanda and Aruna Asaf Ali thus join a select band of distinguished personalities who were awarded the Bharat Ratna, including India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Charkravarthi Rajagopalachari (Rajaji), Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.
Aruna then went underground till 1946 despite Gandhi's advice to surrender because of her poor health.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19970725/20650233.html   (307 words)

  
 Aruna Asaf Ali (1909--1996)
          Aruna Asaf Ali, a prominent Congress leader and one of the heroines of the Quit India movement, was born in 1910.
Aruna Ganguly lived with her father who ran a hotel in Nainital (in modern Uttaranchal).
At the age of 19, she was engaged to Asaf Ali, a prominent lawyer and Congress leader of
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 Aruna Asaf Ali
She was born in a Bengali Brahma Samaj family at Kalka in Haryana.
She married Asaf Ali a prominent lawyer of Delhi against convention.
Aruna belonged to the heroic age of Freedom Movement.
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 Kamat Research Database - Asaf Ali
Asaf Ali (1888-1953) was a Indian freedom fighter and diplomat.
Born in 1888, Asaf Ali was educated in the St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and went to England for legal studies.
Asaf Ali was jailed several times during the Congress campaign.
www.kamat.com /database/biographies/asaf_ali.htm   (227 words)

  
  Aruna Asaf Ali Biography - Aruna Asaf Ali Indian Freedom Fighter - Aruna Asaf Ali History
Aruna Asaf Ali was born as Aruna Ganguly on July 16 1908 at Kalka (Haryana) in an orthodox Hindu Bengali family.
However, Aruna Asaf Ali surrendered herself only when the warrants against her were cancelled on 26th January 1946.
Aruna Asaf Ali died on died July 29 1996.
www.iloveindia.com /indian-heroes/aruna-asaf-ali.html   (638 words)

  
 ARUNA ASAF ALI (1909-1996)
Aruna Asaf Ali, a prominent Congress leader and one of the heroines of the Quit India movement, was born in 1910.
Her marriage to Asaf Ali proved to be a turning-point in her life.
Aruna Asaf Ali has been active in public life for many years.
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 Hindu Womens' Universe   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Aruna Asaf Ali was born in 1909 at Kalka in Haryana, in a Bengali family of distinguished and Brahmo-samaj lineage.
Aruna was elected President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee in 1947, However, in 1948 she joined the Socialist group and took an active interest in the trade union movement.
Aruna Asaf Ali, selfless, sensitive and emotional, charming in her manners, radical in her views,.
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 Aruna Ali: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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Aruna Asaf Ali was born in 1909 at Kalka in Haryana, in a Bengali family of distinguished and Brahmo-samaj lineage.
Aruna was elected President of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee in 1947, However, in 1948 she joined the Socialist group and took an active interest in the trade union movement.
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 SAWNET: Who's Who: Aruna Asaf Ali
Born Aruna Gangulee in an orthodox Hindu Bengali family, Aruna Asaf Ali broke many boundaries to go to college, work, marry outside her community, and become the 'Grand Old Lady of the Independence Movement'.
In 1942 she went to the Bombay Congress Session with her husband, and was present at the passing of the Quit India resolution on 8th August.
Aruna Asaf Ali also worked in the women's league which was affiliated to the All India Women's Conference.
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 Rediff On The NeT: Bharat Ratna for Gulzarilal Nanda, Aruna Asaf Ali
Bharat Ratna for Gulzarilal Nanda, Aruna Asaf Ali
The President conferred the country's highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, on Gulzarilal Nanda, twice interim prime minister, and posthumously to freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali for their outstanding contribution to the nation.
Aruna Asaf Ali, the heroine of the Quit India movement and the first mayor of Delhi, played an active role in social and political life after Independence.
www.rediff.com /news/jul/24ratna.htm   (288 words)

  
 Coast Guard unveils Aruna Asaf Ali
An advanced patrol vessel, 'Aruna Asaf Ali', named after the grand old lady of India's freedom struggle, was commissioned into Indian Coast Guard on Saturday.
Director General of Indian Coast Guard Vice-Admiral A K Singh was present for the commissioning held at Vasco port town.
Republication or redistribution of PTI content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent.
www.rediff.com /news/2006/jan/28coast.htm   (197 words)

  
 Aruna Asaf Ali Books (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris
Aruna Asaf Ali No. 8: Great Women of Modern India
Fragments from the past : selected writings and speeches of Aruna Asaf Ali, with a biographical introduction.
by Aruna Asaf Ali, Triloki Nath Kaul, India) Aruna Asaf Ali Rashtriya Ekta Pratishthan (New Delhi
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Asaf%20Ali%2C%20Aruna   (154 words)

  
 Aruna Asaf Ali Memorial Trust (Regd.)
These contests have been organized under the Aruna Asaf Ali Bhavan Puraskar scheme.
Planned to save up sufficient money to go to England for higher studies but destiny took a hand.
During vacations went to her sister at Allahabad where she met Barrister Asaf Ali a nationalist leader and a lawyer at Delhi was attracted to him because of their common interest in English literature.
www.arunaasafalitrust.org   (418 words)

  
 Cell Death and Differentiation - Abstract of article: Anti-idiotype-mediated epitope spreading and diminished ...
Immunoendocrinology Lab, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, Maulana Mohammed Ali Jauhar Marg, New Delhi, India
Correspondence: R Pal, Immunoendocrinology Lab, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU Complex, New Delhi.
www.nature.com /doifinder/10.1038/sj.cdd.4401866   (337 words)

  
 Private face of a public person : a study of Jawaharlal Nehru by Aruna Asaf Ali, G.N.S. Raghavan (Used, New, ...
Drawing on hitherto unpublished manuscripts preserved in the Nehru memorial Museum and Library as well as the published works of Jawaharlal Nehru, Aruna Asaf Ali sketches the development of Nehru's personality as well as his philosophy of life.
The book sheds new light on the personality of Kamala Nehru and on her relationship with Jawaharlal which did not exactly correspond to the picture of adarsh jodi or ideal pair entertained in the popular imagination.
If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
www.alibris.com /search/books/qwork/5348012/used/Private%20face%20of%20a%20public%20person%20%3A%20a%20study%20of%20Jawaharlal%20Nehru   (290 words)

  
 BioMed Central | Abstract | ProtRepeatsDB: a database of amino acid repeats in genomes
Structural and Computational Biology Group, Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
Genome wide and cross species comparisons of amino acid repeats is an intriguing problem in biology mainly due to the highly polymorphic nature and diverse functions of amino acid repeats.
www.biomedcentral.com /1471-2105/7/336/abstract   (383 words)

  
 Contest in memory of Aruna Asaf Ali
CHANDIGARH, Oct 22: A declamation contest on "Violence Against Women and Role of Society and Police" is being organised by Aruna Asif Ali Trust on October 27 at 10 am at Government College of Girls, Sector 11, said Oshima Raikhy, managing trustee, Aruna Asif Ali Memorial Trust, in a press release issued here today.
Teams from 10 colleges will participate in the contest.
Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19981023/29651424.html   (81 words)

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