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	'''Subhasini Ali''' (born 29 December 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. She is the President of the [[All India Democratic Women's Association]] and former Member of Parliament from [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanpur]].		'''Subhasini Ali''' (born 29 December 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. She is the President of the [[All India Democratic Women's Association]] and former Member of Parliament from [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanpur]].

	==Early ~~Life~~ and education==		==Early life and education==
	Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel [[Prem Sehgal]] and Captain [[Lakshmi Sehgal]] (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan)<ref>[http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm LAXMI SEHGAL: THE DOCTOR WHO SOLDIERS ON] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111120529/http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm \|date=11 November 2006 }} the-south-Asian, October 2001.</ref> who were a part of the [[Indian National Army]]. She attended [[Welham Girls' School]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite web		Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel [[Prem Sehgal]] and Captain [[Lakshmi Sehgal]] (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan)<ref>[http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm LAXMI SEHGAL: THE DOCTOR WHO SOLDIERS ON] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111120529/http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm \|date=11 November 2006 }} the-south-Asian, October 2001.</ref> who were a part of the [[Indian National Army]]. She attended [[Welham Girls' School]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite web
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	Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel [[Prem Sehgal]] and Captain [[Lakshmi Sehgal]] (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan)<ref>[http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm LAXMI SEHGAL:THE DOCTOR WHO SOLDIERS ON] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111120529/http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm \|date=11 November 2006 }} the-south-Asian,October 2001.</ref> who were a part of the [[Indian National Army]]. She attended [[Welham Girls' School]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite web		Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel [[Prem Sehgal]] and Captain [[Lakshmi Sehgal]] (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan)<ref>[http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm LAXMI SEHGAL: THE DOCTOR WHO SOLDIERS ON] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111120529/http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm \|date=11 November 2006 }} the-south-Asian, October 2001.</ref> who were a part of the [[Indian National Army]]. She attended [[Welham Girls' School]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite web
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	\| access-date = 2007-10-01 }}</ref> She did her bachelor's degree from [[Women's Christian College, Chennai\|Women's Christian College]] in [[Madras]] and later did her Masters from the [[Kanpur University]]. She was formerly married to filmmaker [[Muzaffar Ali]]. Her son is [[Shaad Ali]], a film maker who has directed films such as [[Saathiya (film)\|Saathiya]], [[Bunty aur Babli]] and [[Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]]. She is communist, Ali is an [[atheist]], and her son ~~has~~ also atheist. Ali's son shaad to marry Shahzneen Hussian who divorced him later.<ref>"There are religions that have very rigid rules and there are others that don't. Religion is something that I, as a person, am not interested in. I have always been an atheist. My parents were atheists. It doesn't bother me if somebody is religious. My problem is when religion is used to institutionalise other things."[http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/aug/08inter.htm The Rediff Interview/ Subhasini Ali], 8 August 2001 (accessed 21 April 2008).</ref>		\| access-date = 2007-10-01 }}</ref> She did her bachelor's degree from [[Women's Christian College, Chennai\|Women's Christian College]] in [[Madras]] and later did her Masters from the [[Kanpur University]]. She was formerly married to filmmaker [[Muzaffar Ali]]. Her son is [[Shaad Ali]], a film maker who has directed films such as [[Saathiya (film)\|Saathiya]], [[Bunty aur Babli]] and [[Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]]. She is communist, Ali is an [[atheist]], and her son is also atheist. Ali's son shaad to marry Shahzneen Hussian who divorced him later.<ref>"There are religions that have very rigid rules and there are others that don't. Religion is something that I, as a person, am not interested in. I have always been an atheist. My parents were atheists. It doesn't bother me if somebody is religious. My problem is when religion is used to institutionalise other things."[http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/aug/08inter.htm The Rediff Interview/ Subhasini Ali], 8 August 2001 (accessed 21 April 2008).</ref>

	==Political career==		==Political career==

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Subhashini Ali Sehgal
| image = Subhashini Ali (2019).jpg
| caption = Subhashini Ali in 2019
| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1947|12|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kanpur]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[India]]
| residence = [[VIP Road, Kanpur|VIP Road, Civil Lines]], [[Kanpur]]
| death_date =
| death_place =

| office4 = [[Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Member of Polit Bureau]], [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| term_start4 = 2015
| term_end4 =

| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Kanpur (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, Chennai|Women's Christian College]],<ref name="Tiger">{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/19/stories/2002121900800100.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030324221644/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/19/stories/2002121900800100.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 March 2003 | title=Crusader for the women's cause | date=19 December 2002 | work=[[The Hindu]] | access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref> [[Kanpur University]]
| term2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse = [[Muzaffar Ali]] (divorced)
| children = [[Shaad Ali]]
| footnotes =
| date = 27 January |
| year = 2007 |
| source = http://www.aidwa.org/
}}

'''Subhasini Ali''' (born 29 December 1947) is an Indian politician and a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. She is the President of the [[All India Democratic Women's Association]] and former Member of Parliament from [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]].

==Early Life and education==
Subhashini Ali is the daughter of Colonel [[Prem Sehgal]] and Captain [[Lakshmi Sehgal]] (née Dr. Lakshmi Swaminathan)<ref>[http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm LAXMI SEHGAL:THE DOCTOR WHO SOLDIERS ON] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111120529/http://www.the-south-asian.com/Oct2001/Laxmi_Sehgal2.htm |date=11 November 2006 }} the-south-Asian,October 2001.</ref> who were a part of the [[Indian National Army]]. She attended [[Welham Girls' School]] in [[Dehradun]].<ref>{{cite web
| last =Fernandes
| first =Vivek
| title =The Subhashini Ali 5 Questions
| publisher =rediff.com
| date =2001-07-21
| url =http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/jul/21sub.htm
| access-date = 2007-10-01 }}</ref> She did her bachelor's degree from [[Women's Christian College, Chennai|Women's Christian College]] in [[Madras]] and later did her Masters from the [[Kanpur University]]. She was formerly married to filmmaker [[Muzaffar Ali]]. Her son is [[Shaad Ali]], a film maker who has directed films such as [[Saathiya (film)|Saathiya]], [[Bunty aur Babli]] and [[Jhoom Barabar Jhoom]]. She is communist, Ali is an [[atheist]], and her son has also atheist. Ali's son shaad to marry Shahzneen Hussian who divorced him later.<ref>"There are religions that have very rigid rules and there are others that don't. Religion is something that I, as a person, am not interested in. I have always been an atheist. My parents were atheists. It doesn't bother me if somebody is religious. My problem is when religion is used to institutionalise other things."[http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/aug/08inter.htm The Rediff Interview/ Subhasini Ali], 8 August 2001 (accessed 21 April 2008).</ref>

==Political career==
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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 [[1989 Indian general election|General elections of 1989]] to the parliament and she defeated her nearest rival [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate by 56,587 votes from [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]]. The CPI influence waned after the emergency in 1977 and she lost the [[1996 Indian general election|General elections of 1996]] by 151,090 votes. She finished at the fifth place in the [[2004 Indian general elections|General elections of 2004]] polling only 4558 votes (0.74%). She fought the [[2014 Indian general elections|General elections of 2014]] from [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|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.

==Films==
Subhashini Ali designed period costumes for 1981 classic, [[Umrao Jaan (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 (2002 film)|The Guru]], in 2002, and was seen again in 2005, with her fellow party member, [[Brinda Karat]] in the [[Amu (film)|film Amu]].<ref>{{IMDb name|1064598}}</ref>

She inspired the film [[Anjuman (1986 film)|Anjuman]] (1986) directed by [[Muzaffar Ali]] with her struggles in Kanpur with the [[AIDWA]].

==See also==
[[Swaminathan family]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.india-seminar.com/2004/540/540%20subhashini%20ali.htm A life in Service, an article by Subhashini Ali on her family history and her mother]
* [http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3433.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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