Rukhsana Sultana

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Rukhsana Sultana
Born
Meenu Bimbet

Jullundur, Punjab, British India
OccupationPolitical activist
Years active1970–1976
Spouse(s)Shivinder Singh Virk (divorced)
ChildrenAmrita Singh
RelativesBegum Para (aunt)
Nasir Khan (uncle)
Ayub Khan (cousin)
Sara Ali Khan (granddaughter)

Rukhsana Sultana (born Meenu Bimbet) is an Indian socialite known for being one of Sanjay Gandhi's close associates during the state of Emergency in India between 1975 and 1977.[1] During this period she gained notoriety for leading Sanjay Gandhi's sterilisation campaign in Muslim areas of Old Delhi,[2][3][4][5][6]

Personal life[]

Rukhsana was born as Meenu Bimbet to Zarina Sultana (sister of film actress,Begum Para) and Mohan Bimbet. She is connected through birth and marriage to a number of well-known personalities in Indian films and media. Rukhsana married Shivinder Singh Virk, an officer in the Indian Army. They later divorced. They have one daughter, Amrita Singh who was a leading Bollywood actress in the 1980s. Rukhsana is grandmother to Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan, the children of Amrita, and her former husband, Saif Ali Khan.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Rukhsana Sultana: The chief glamour girl of the Emergency".
  2. ^ "Tragedy at Turkman Gate: Witnesses recount horror of Emergency".
  3. ^ Das, Veena. (Editor); Tarlo, Emma (2000). Violence and subjectivity (9th printing. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 266. ISBN 9780520216082.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Tarlo, Emma (2001). Unsettling memories : narratives of the emergency in Delhi. Berkeley: University of California Press. pp. 38–39, 143. ISBN 9780520231221. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  5. ^ Gwatkin, Davidson R. "Political will and family planning: the implications of India's emergency experience." Population and Development Review (1979): 29-59.
  6. ^ French, Patrick (2011). India : a portrait (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 43. ISBN 978-0307272430. Retrieved 13 February 2017. rukhsana sultana .
  7. ^ Varma, Anuradha (14 June 2009). "In Bollywood, everyone's related!". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Film Actress Amrita Singh - Bollywood Star Amrita Singh - Amrita Singh Biography - Amrita Singh Profile". Iloveindia.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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