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Aruna Asaf Ali

1909 - 1996

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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 [[ll] in 1942. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aruna Asaf Ali has received more than 1,197,844 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Aruna Asaf Ali is the 338th most popular social activist (up from 343rd in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from India (up from 398th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Indian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aruna Asaf Ali ranks 338 out of 538. Before her are Hannie Schaft, Felix Manz, Amelia Bloomer, Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Black Elk, and Pingali Venkayya. After her are Muhammad Zaidan, François-Jean de la Barre, Nasrin Sotoudeh, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Edna Parker, and Donald Watson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Aruna Asaf Ali ranks 168. Before her are Léo Malet, Jim Davis, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, Margaret Sullavan, Hans Erni, and Valentina Grizodubova. After her are Durgabai Deshmukh, Sattar Bahlulzade, Riccardo Freda, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Bert Patenaude, and Eric Ambler. Among people deceased in 1996, Aruna Asaf Ali ranks 143. Before her are Duane Hanson, Tiny Tim, Pierre Grimal, Eva Cassidy, Dorothy Lamour, and Henri Nouwen. After her are Tamara Toumanova, Lew Ayres, Joseph Mermans, Tarō Okamoto, José Manuel Fuente, and Hernán Siles Zuazo.

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In India

Among people born in India, Aruna Asaf Ali ranks 385 out of 1,493. Before her are Anil Kapoor (1956), Vallabha (1479), R. K. Narayan (1906), Pingali Venkayya (1876), Margaret Murray (1863), and Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (1894). After her are Rishi Kapoor (1952), Hemu (1501), M. F. Husain (1915), Kalyan Singh (1932), Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), and Bal Thackeray (1926).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In India

Among social activists born in India, Aruna Asaf Ali ranks 25. Before her are Baba Amte (1914), Harilal Gandhi (1888), Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858), Bhikaiji Cama (1861), Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), and Pingali Venkayya (1876). After her are Kamala Nehru (1899), Udham Singh (1899), Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940), Abdul Sattar Edhi (1928), Har Dayal (1884), and Neerja Bhanot (1963).

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