Aruna Asaf Ali

Bharat Ratna Aruna Asaf
Personal details
Born	Aruna Ganguly (1909-07-16)16 July 1909 Kalka, Punjab, India
Died	29 July 1996 (aged 87) New Delhi, India
Nationality	•  British India (1909-1947) •  India (1947-1996)
Political party	Communist Party of India
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Asaf Ali ​ ​ (m. 1928; died 1953)​
Parent	Upendranath Ganguli (father)
Alma mater	Sacred Heart Convent
Occupation	Political activist educator publisher
Awards	International 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]