What is Asaf Ali?
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox person |name = Asaf Ali |image = Asaf Ali c- 1909 2013-08-09 16-24.jpg |caption = Asaf Ali c. 1909 |birth_date = 11 May 1888 |birth_place = [[Bijnor]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Aruna Asaf Ali|Aruna Ganguly]]|1928}} |death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1953|4|2|1888|5|11}} |death_place = [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]] |nationality = [[India]]n |field = |work_institution = |alma_mater = [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]] |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |occupation = Lawyer, Activist |prizes = |footnotes = }} '''Asaf Ali''' (11 May 1888<ref>G. N. S. Raghavan and Asaf Ali (1994) ''M. Asaf Ali's Memoirs: The Emergence of Modern India''. Ajanta. {{ISBN|81-202-0398-4}}. p. 36.</ref> – 2 April 1953) was an [[Indian Independence Movement|Indian independence fighter]] and lawyer. He was the Indian Ambassador to the [[United States]] and [[Switzerland]]. He previously became the [[List of governors of Odisha|Governor]] of [[Odisha]]. He was the head of [[Railways]] and [[Transport]] in the [[Interim Government of India]] from 2 September 1946 until 15 October 1946. ==Education== Asaf Ali was educated at [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]. He was called to bar from [[Lincoln's Inn]] in [[England]]. ==Indian National Movement== In 1914, Ali opposed on the British attack on the [[Ottoman Empire]]. He resigned from the [[Privy Council]]. He returned to India in December 1914 and became heavily involved in the nationalist movement. He was elected to the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] in 1935 as a member of the [[Muslim Nationalist Party]]. He later joined the [[Indian National Congress]] as a member and was appointed as deputy leader.<ref>[http://www.open.ac.uk/researchprojects/makingbritain/content/m-asaf-ali M. Asaf Ali {{!}} Maki