Her Role in The Freedom Struggle
Early association with Indian Independence Movement Aruna Asaf Ali played a significant part in the Indian Independence Movement. After getting married to Asaf Ali, she joined the Indian National Congress and took part in the Salt Satyagraha's public processions. She was detained on the accusation that she was a vagabond and consequently not released in 1931 under the Gandhi–Irwin Pact which guaranteed liberation of all political prisoners. When Mahatma Gandhi intervened, her fellow female prisoners who had initially refused to leave the facility unless she was also released gave in. A public uproar led to her release. She was imprisoned at the Tihar Jail in 1932, where she went on a hunger strike to protest the indifference shown to political prisoners. Although her efforts led to an improvement in the Tihar Jail's circumstances, she was transferred to Ambala and forced to endure solitary imprisonment. After being freed, she didn't engage in much political activity, but to...