WOF : Aruna Asaf Ali

About the Book: Words of Freedom: Ideas of a Nation To celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of the Indian Republic the Words of Freedom series showcases the landmark speeches and writings of fourteen visionary leaders whose thought animated the Indian struggle for Independence and whose revolutionary ideas and actions forged the Republic of India as we know it today. About the Author: Aruna Asaf Ali Aruna Asaf Ali (July 16 1909 Kalka Haryana-July 29 1996) (born Aruna Ganguli) was an Indian independence activist. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement 1942. She was 87 years old at the time of her death.