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Asaf Ali (1888-April 1, 1953) was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer. He was the first ambassador
Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents their country. They are usually accredited to a Sovereignty or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of their country....
 from India to the United States. He also worked as the governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
 of Orissa
Orissa

Orissa , is a states and territories of India located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It was established on 1 April 1936 as a province in British India, and consists, predominantly of Oriya language speakers....
.

Educated in the St. Stephen's College
St. Stephen's College

St. Stephen's College may refer to:*St. Stephen's College, Balla Balla, Southern Rhodesia *St. Stephen's College, Delhi, India in Delhi, India...
, Delhi
Delhi

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 and called to bar from Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn

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 in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, he entered the Indian independence movement
Indian independence movement

The term Indian independence movement incorporates various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Revolutionary movement for Indian independence philosophy....
 and was imprisoned many times. In 1928, he married Aruna Ganguli
Aruna Asaf Ali

Aruna Asaf Ali , was an India independence fighter. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress Flag of India#History at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942....
, a marriage that raised eyebrows on the grounds of religion (Asaf Ali was a Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 while Aruna was a Hindu) and age difference (Aruna was 22 years junior to him).






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Asaf Ali (1888-April 1, 1953) was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer. He was the first ambassador
Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents their country. They are usually accredited to a Sovereignty or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of their country....
 from India to the United States. He also worked as the governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
 of Orissa
Orissa

Orissa , is a states and territories of India located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It was established on 1 April 1936 as a province in British India, and consists, predominantly of Oriya language speakers....
.

Educated in the St. Stephen's College
St. Stephen's College

St. Stephen's College may refer to:*St. Stephen's College, Balla Balla, Southern Rhodesia *St. Stephen's College, Delhi, India in Delhi, India...
, Delhi
Delhi

Delhi , sometimes referred to as Dilli , is the List of most populous cities in India metropolis in India and, with over 11 million residents, the List of metropolitan areas by population....
 and called to bar from Lincoln's Inn
Lincoln's Inn

The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of four Inns of Court in London to which barristers of England and Wales belong and where they are Call to the bar....
 in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
, he entered the Indian independence movement
Indian independence movement

The term Indian independence movement incorporates various national and regional campaigns, agitations and efforts of both Nonviolent and Revolutionary movement for Indian independence philosophy....
 and was imprisoned many times. In 1928, he married Aruna Ganguli
Aruna Asaf Ali

Aruna Asaf Ali , was an India independence fighter. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress Flag of India#History at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement, 1942....
, a marriage that raised eyebrows on the grounds of religion (Asaf Ali was a Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 while Aruna was a Hindu) and age difference (Aruna was 22 years junior to him). He was elected in 1935 as a member of the Central Legislative Assembly from Delhi
Delhi

Delhi , sometimes referred to as Dilli , is the List of most populous cities in India metropolis in India and, with over 11 million residents, the List of metropolitan areas by population....
 representing the Muslim Nationalist Party
Muslim Nationalist Party

The Muslim Nationalist Party was a political party in pre-independence India, whose most prominent leader was Asaf Ali. The party was founded on grounds of support for the Indian independence movement and opposition to the All India Muslim League and the partition of India....
. He was re-elected as a Congress
Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress-I is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, Allan Octavian Hume, and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement, with over 15 million memb...
 candidate against a Muslim League
Muslim League

The Muslim League , founded at Dhaka in 1906, was a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Islam state on the Indian subcontinent....
 candidate. He worked as Deputy Leader
Leadership

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 of the Congress Party in the Assembly. In 1945, Ali came to be the convenor of the INA defence team established by the Congress for the defence of the officers of the INA charged with treason later in November 1945.

Asaf Ali defended Shaheed Bhagad Singh
Bhagat Singh

Bhagat Singh was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most influential revolutionary of the Indian independence movement. He is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh ....
 and Batukeshwar Dutt
Batukeshwar Dutt

Batukeshwar Dutt was an Indian revolutionary in the early 1900s. He is best known for having bombed, along with Bhagat Singh, the Punjab Legislative in the Assembly on 8 April,1929....
 as a lawyer, after they threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929, during the passage of a controversial ordinance.

He was the minister in charge of the Railways and Transport
Transport

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 in the interim Government of India
Government of India

The Government of India , officially referred to as the Union Government, and also as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of States and territories of India, collectively called the Republic of India....
 from September 2, 1946 before serving as the first ambassador
Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents their country. They are usually accredited to a Sovereignty or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of their country....
 from India to the USA from February 1947 to mid-April, 1948. He was appointed the governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
 of Orissa
Orissa

Orissa , is a states and territories of India located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It was established on 1 April 1936 as a province in British India, and consists, predominantly of Oriya language speakers....
 but he resigned from the post in May 1952 on health grounds. His last assignment was as India's minister to Switzerland
Switzerland

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, Austria
Austria

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 and the Vatican
Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and is the preeminent episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church....
; he died in office in Berne
Berne

The city of Berne or Bern is the Bundesstadt of Switzerland and, with 128,041 people , the fifth most populous city in Switzerland ....
.

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