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Posted 13 May 2024

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The birth anniversary of Asaf Ali celebrated. 

About Asaf Ali (1888-1953)

  • Lawyer, freedom fighter, first Ambassador of independent India to the United States etc. 

Key Contributions

  • One of the founding members of Home Rule League at Delhi.
  • Actively participated in the Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, Individual Satyagraha and Quit India Movement etc. 
  • Defended Shaheed Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt in central assembly bomb case 1929
  • Elected to Central Legislative Assembly in 1935 as a member of Muslim National Party.

Values

Patriotism, Leadership, Rationality etc. 

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  • Asaf Ali
  • Home Rule League
  • central assembly bomb case 1929
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