Subhashini Ali
Indian politician
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Subhashini Ali |
| image | Subhashini Ali (2019).jpg |
| caption | Subhashini Ali in 2019 |
| birth_name | Subhashini Sehgal |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Kanpur, United Provinces, India |
| residence | VIP Road, Civil Lines, Kanpur |
| office4 | Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| term_start4 | 2015 |
| office | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
| constituency | Kanpur |
| term_start | 1989 |
| term_end | 1991 |
| predecessor1 | Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi |
| successor1 | Jagat Vir Singh Drona |
| office2 | President, All India Democratic Women's Association |
| alma_mater | Women's Christian College, Kanpur University |
| successor2 | Jagmati Sangwan |
| party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| relations | Ammu Swaminathan (grandmother), |
| Prem Sehgal (father), | |
| Lakshmi Sehgal (mother), | |
| Mrinalini Sarabhai (aunt), | |
| Vikram Sarabhai (uncle), | |
| Mallika Sarabhai (cousin) | |
| spouse | Muzaffar Ali (separated) |
| children | Shaad Ali |
| date | 27 January |
| year | 2007 |
| :: |
| name = Subhashini Ali | image = Subhashini Ali (2019).jpg | caption = Subhashini Ali in 2019 | birth_name = Subhashini Sehgal | birth_date = | birth_place = Kanpur, United Provinces, India | residence = VIP Road, Civil Lines, Kanpur | death_date = | death_place = | office4 = Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist) | term_start4 = 2015 | term_end4 = | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | constituency = Kanpur | term_start = 1989 | term_end = 1991 | predecessor1 = Naresh Chandra Chaturvedi | successor1 = Jagat Vir Singh Drona | office2 = President, All India Democratic Women's Association | alma_mater = Women's Christian College, Kanpur University | term2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = Jagmati Sangwan | party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) | relations = Ammu Swaminathan (grandmother), Prem Sehgal (father), Lakshmi Sehgal (mother), Mrinalini Sarabhai (aunt), Vikram Sarabhai (uncle), Mallika Sarabhai (cousin) | spouse = Muzaffar Ali (separated) | children = Shaad Ali | footnotes = | date = 27 January| | year = 2007| | source =
Subhasini Ali (née Sehgal; born 29 December 1947) is an Indian Marxist politician. She is a Polit Buro Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is also the former President of the All India Democratic Women's Association and former Member of Parliament from Kanpur, in Uttar Pradesh.
Early life and education
Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel Prem Sahgal and Captain Lakshmi Sahgal (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminadhan) who were a part of the Indian National Army. She attended Welham Girls' School in Dehradun.{{cite web | last =Fernandes | first =Vivek | title =The Subhashini Ali 5 Questions | work =rediff.com | date =2001-07-21 | url =http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/jul/21sub.htm | access-date =2007-10-01 | archive-date =25 June 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160625092345/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/jul/21sub.htm | url-status =live
Career
Politics
As a trade Unionist and leader of the All India Democratic Women's Association, she was once very influential in the politics of Kanpur where the Communist Party of India (CPI) held sway over trade unions and which elected CPI-supported S.M. Banerjee to Lok Sabha four times from 1957 to 1971. This influence of CPI helped her win the General elections of 1989 to the parliament and she defeated her nearest rival BJP candidate by 56,587 votes from Kanpur. The CPI influence waned after the emergency in 1977 and she lost the General elections of 1996 by 151,090 votes. She finished at the fifth place in the General elections of 2004 polling only 4558 votes (0.74%). She fought the General elections of 2014 from Barrackpore as a CPI(M) candidate but lost.
She is currently a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She was inducted to the polit bureau (PB) of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2015 thereby becoming the second women member in PB after Brinda Karat.
Ali published her translation of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels into Hindi in 2019.
Films
Subhashini Ali designed period costumes for the 1981 film Umrao Jaan, directed by her then-husband Muzaffar Ali. She also dabbles in amateur acting, and her first starring role was in Asoka in 2001, followed by an English feature, The Guru, in 2002, and was seen again in 2005, with her fellow party member, Brinda Karat in the film Amu.
She inspired the film Anjuman (1986) directed by Muzaffar Ali.
Personal life
She was previously married to filmmaker Muzaffar Ali. Their son, Shaad Ali, is also a filmmaker who is known for directing many popular films.
Ali is an atheist. She is the cousin of Indian classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai, daughter of her mother's sister Mrinalini Sarabhai and scientist Vikram Sarabhai.
References
References
- (19 December 2002). "Crusader for the women's cause". [[The Hindu]].
- [http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sahgal2.htm LAXMI SAHGAL: THE DOCTOR WHO SOLDIERS ON] {{Webarchive. link. (11 November 2006 the-south-Asian, October 2001.)
- (6 Apr 2014). "Out with the truth on Netaji, says Subhashini Ali (Election Special)". Business Standard.
- "Barrackpore Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result, General Election 2024 Result, Vote Counting and Winner Updates".
- Savkoor, Tanya. "Meet The Three Women Petitioners Who Fought For Bilkis Bano's Justice".
- (March 15, 2019). "Communist Party of INDIA (Marxist) and author Subhashini Ali before launching her book "Hindi Translation of the Communist Manifesto", at Constitution Club in New Delhi". [[The Hindu]].
- {{IMDb name. 1064598
- Gupta, Rudrani. "Women Empowerment Through Three Generations".
- (2006-01-29). "Finally, the director at home".
- "Shaad Ali ties the knot again - Times of India".
- (2016-12-14). "With OK Jaanu, Shaad Ali is remaking another Mani Ratnam film: Is OK Kanmani the best choice?".
- Cotter, Holland. (1999-07-18). "Rummana Hussain, 47, Indian Conceptual Artist". The New York Times.
- (8 Aug 2001). "The Rediff Interview/Subhasini Ali".
- (7 March 2014). "Ali's Karat and family 'factors'".
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