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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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