Aruna Asaf Ali
Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Class 10, Ch 2 "Nationalism in India"
Meaning
Aruna Asaf Ali (1909–1996) was a Congress socialist. She is famous for her part in the Quit India Movement. The main Congress leaders were jailed as soon as the movement began, and she became one of the leaders of its secret underground resistance, along with Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. She avoided arrest for years and was called the "heroine of 1942".
Example
On 9 August 1942 she hoisted the Congress flag at Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay. That was the morning after the AICC had passed the "Do or Die" resolution. Later, in 1958, she became the first mayor of Delhi.
Don't confuse with
- Usha Mehta: she ran the secret Congress Radio during Quit India. Aruna Asaf Ali is remembered for the flag-hoisting and for leading the underground movement.
Related concepts
- Provincial elections of 1937
- Congress ministries 1937-39
- Wardha scheme of basic education
- Congress Socialist Party
- Haripura session 1938
- Tripuri crisis 1939
- Forward Bloc
- Second World War
- Lord Linlithgow
- Resignation of Congress ministries