# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zehra-ali-yavar-jung
# Generated: 2026-08-15T19:39:32.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zehra-ali-yavar-jung"
name: "Zehra Ali Yavar Jung"
slug: "zehra-ali-yavar-jung"
description: "Zehra Ali Yavar Jung was an Indian social worker and the founder of Society For Clean Cities (SCC), a non governmental organization working for the welfare of the slum dwellers of Mumbai. She was married to Ali Yavar Jung, a diplomat and a former governor of the State of Maharashtra. She also founded the National Society for Clean Cities, a social organization which runs a children's home in Bandra where children from financially poor families are accommodated and their educational, nutritional, medical, vocational, recreational and cultural welfare are looked after. She serves as the president of the organization. The Government of India awarded her the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1973, for her contributions to society."
tagline: "Indian social worker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Abdel_Nasser_holds_a_dinner_for_Ali_Yavar_Jung%2C_the_Indian_Ambassador%2C_in_Cairo_(10).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1920"
deathDate: "2010"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.3
  momentum:             2.545155993431855
  historical:           4.873182666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zehra_Ali_Yavar_Jung"
    title: "Zehra Ali Yavar Jung"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "زهرة على يافار جونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%97"
    title: "জেহরা আলী ইয়াভার জঙ্গ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE_%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%80_%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "జహ్రా అలీ యావర్ జంగ్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97"
    title: "बेगम ज़ोहरा अली यावर जंग"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9C%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%B9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9C%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஜெஹ்ரா அலி யவர் ஜங்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12442419"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump