Asaf Ali, Aruna Ganguli

Asaf Ali, Aruna Ganguli
▪ 1997

      Indian political activist who became prominent during Mohandas Gandhi's Quit India movement against British rule when she managed to sneak past police, hoist the Indian flag publicly in Bombay, and then evade arrest; she went on to become important in the underground and after independence moved between the Congress, Socialist, and Communist parties before returning to the Congress Party and being elected mayor of Delhi. She also published a newspaper, Patriot, and a magazine, Link (b. July 16, 1909?—d. July 29, 1996).

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