ARUNA ASAF ALI (NATIONAL BOOK TRUST,INDIA, G.N.S. RAGHAVAN)

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G.N.S. RAGHAVAN

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Binding: NATIONAL BOOK TRUST,INDIA
Publisher: NATIONAL BOOK TRUST,INDIA
Genre: BIOGRAPHY
ISBN: 9788123727622
Edition: 2017, 1999
Pages: 184

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Aruna Asaf Ali is always remembered for her daring act of hoisting the tricolour at Gowalia Tank Maidan, Mumbai on 9 August 1942. A fiery political revolutionary during the struggle for independence. Aruna Asaf Ali became a constructive and compassionate social revolutionary after independence campaigning for the removal of poverty and illiteracy. Besides the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1992, she was posthumously honoured with the 'Bharat Ratna', the nation's highest honour for her services to the nation.

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Book Details

Publication Year	1999
Number of Pages	184

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Author Info

Shri G.N.S. Raghavan (b. 1926), a journalist of repute, was closely associated with Aruna Asaf Ali. From 1957 to 1982 he has held important positions in the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Prior to that he worked with Times of India, Thought and Indian Express. Before retiring in 1982 he was the Secretary of Second Press Commission. Among his important publications are: Private Face of a Public Person-A Study of Jawahar lal Nehru, The resurgence of Indian Women and M. Asaf Ali: Memoirs-The Emergence of Modern India.

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Age Group

15 TO 75

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Width	14
Height	21
Depth	1
Weight	0.25

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