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	\| alma_mater = [[Indraprastha College]], [[University of Delhi]] <br /> [[University of Havana]] <br /> [[Alliance Francaise]] <br /> [[Welham Girls School]]		\| alma_mater = [[Indraprastha College]], [[University of Delhi]] <br /> [[University of Havana]] <br /> [[Alliance Francaise]] <br /> [[Welham Girls School]]
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	'''Ambika Soni''' (born 13 November 1942) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician belonging to [[Indian National Congress]]. She had served as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. She is a [[Member of Parliament]] representing the state of [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]].		'''Ambika Soni''' (born 13 November 1942) is an Indian politician belonging to [[Indian National Congress]]. She had served as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. She is a [[Member of Parliament]] representing the state of [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]].

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
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	==Freedom of Press and Internet==		==Freedom of Press and Internet==
	At the International Colloquium on Freedom of Expression and Human Rights organized by the Press Council of India on 28 April 2011, she claimed that "Our media is probably the freest in the world."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021202115/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/India-has-world-s-freest-media-Soni/Article1-690812.aspx India has world's 'freest' media: Soni], Hindustan Times – 28 April 2011 </ref> But the two "Press freedom rankings" speak the contrary. The ''World Press Freedom Index 2012'' by the Reporters Without Borders group ranked India at 131 out of 179 which puts it in the category of "Noticeable problems".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2017-05-28 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507085043/http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf \|archive-date=2012-05-07 }}</ref> The ''Global press freedom rankings 2012'' by Freedom House ranked India at 80 out of 197 which puts it in the category of "Partly Free".<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-02-24\|url=https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf\|title=GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM RANKINGS\|access-date=2020-09-09\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224104339/https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf\|archive-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> There are also serious concerns about regulators putting a tight leash on Internet Free Speech.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/technology/28internet.html \| title=India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech \| newspaper=The New York Times \| date=27 April 2011 \| first=Vikas \| last=Bajaj \| access-date=5 July 2018 }}</ref>		At the International Colloquium on Freedom of Expression and Human Rights organized by the Press Council of India on 28 April 2011, she claimed that "Our media is probably the freest in the world."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021202115/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/India-has-world-s-freest-media-Soni/Article1-690812.aspx India has world's 'freest' media: Soni], Hindustan Times – 28 April 2011</ref> But the two "Press freedom rankings" speak the contrary. The ''World Press Freedom Index 2012'' by the Reporters Without Borders group ranked India at 131 out of 179 which puts it in the category of "Noticeable problems".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2017-05-28 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507085043/http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf \|archive-date=2012-05-07 }}</ref> The ''Global press freedom rankings 2012'' by Freedom House ranked India at 80 out of 197 which puts it in the category of "Partly Free".<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-02-24\|url=https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf\|title=GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM RANKINGS\|access-date=2020-09-09\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224104339/https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf\|archive-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> There are also serious concerns about regulators putting a tight leash on Internet Free Speech.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/technology/28internet.html \| title=India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech \| newspaper=The New York Times \| date=27 April 2011 \| first=Vikas \| last=Bajaj \| access-date=5 July 2018 }}</ref>

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	\| ~~alma mater~~ = [[Indraprastha College]], [[University of Delhi]] <br /> [[University of Havana]] <br /> [[Alliance Francaise]] <br /> [[Welham Girls School]]		\| alma_mater = [[Indraprastha College]], [[University of Delhi]] <br /> [[University of Havana]] <br /> [[Alliance Francaise]] <br /> [[Welham Girls School]]
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	'''Ambika Soni''' (born 13 November 1942) is an [[India]]n politician belonging to [[Indian National Congress]]. She had served as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. She is a [[Member of Parliament]] representing the state of [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]].		'''Ambika Soni''' (born 13 November 1942) is an [[India]]n politician belonging to [[Indian National Congress]]. She had served as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)\|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. She is a [[Member of Parliament]] representing the state of [[Punjab (India)\|Punjab]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]].

	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	Born in Lahore in undivided [[British India\|Punjab]] to [[Nakul Sen ~~Whadwa]]~~, an [[Indian Civil Service]] officer and [[List of Governors of Goa\|Lt. Governor of Goa]] in 1942.<ref>{{Cite news\|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/an-affair-to-remember/article1-485227.aspx\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090004/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/an-affair-to-remember/article1-485227.aspx\|url-status = dead\|archive-date = 2 April 2015\|title = An affair to remember\|last = Chadha\|first = Kumkum\|date = 11 December 2009}}</ref> Ambika studied at [[Welham Girls School]], Dehradun and did her M.A. (Hons.) from [[Indraprastha College]], [[Delhi University]], followed by Diploma Superiore en Langue Francaise from [[Alliance Francaise]], Bangkok and Post-Graduate Diploma in Spanish Art and Literature from [[University of Havana]], [[Cuba]]. She got married in 1961 to Uday Soni, an [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer. She had converted into [[Christianity]],<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Hindu Wisdom - Politics of Conversion\|url=http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Conversion7.htm\|access-date=2020-09-09\|website=www.hinduwisdom.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2009-12-11\|title=An affair to remember\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/an-affair-to-remember/story-QZcPH8YoNhkqrd9ytCBKYM.html\|access-date=2020-09-09\|website=Hindustan Times\|language=en}}</ref> but it is said she had been a [[Hindus\|Hindu]] according to source.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Christianity to Hinduism\|url=https://francoisgautier.me/2008/04/15/are-we-heading-towards-a-christian-india/\|website=bhartibharat.in}}</ref>		Born in Lahore in undivided [[British India\|Punjab]] to Nakul Sen Wadhwa, an [[Indian Civil Service]] officer and [[List of Governors of Goa\|Lt. Governor of Goa]] in 1942.<ref>{{Cite news\|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/an-affair-to-remember/article1-485227.aspx\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090004/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/an-affair-to-remember/article1-485227.aspx\|url-status = dead\|archive-date = 2 April 2015\|title = An affair to remember\|last = Chadha\|first = Kumkum\|date = 11 December 2009}}</ref> Ambika studied at [[Welham Girls School]], Dehradun and did her M.A. (Hons.) from [[Indraprastha College]], [[Delhi University]], followed by Diploma Superiore en Langue Francaise from [[Alliance Francaise]], Bangkok and Post-Graduate Diploma in Spanish Art and Literature from [[University of Havana]], [[Cuba]]. She got married in 1961 to Uday Soni, an [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer.

	==Political career==		==Political career==
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	==Freedom of Press and Internet==		==Freedom of Press and Internet==
	At the International Colloquium on Freedom of Expression and Human Rights organized by the Press Council of India on 28 April 2011, she claimed that "Our media is probably the freest in the world."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021202115/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/India-has-world-s-freest-media-Soni/Article1-690812.aspx India has world's 'freest' media: Soni], Hindustan Times – 28 April 2011 </ref> But the two "Press freedom rankings" speak the contrary. The ''World Press Freedom Index 2012'' by the Reporters Without Borders group ranked India at 131 out of 179 which puts it in the category of "Noticeable problems".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2017-05-28 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507085043/http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf \|archive-date=2012-05-07 }}</ref> The ''Global press freedom rankings 2012'' by Freedom House ranked India at 80 out of 197 which puts it in the category of "Partly Free".<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-02-24\|url=https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf\|access-date=2020-09-09\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224104339/https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf\|archive-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> There are also serious concerns about regulators putting a tight leash on Internet Free Speech.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/technology/28internet.html \| title=India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech \| newspaper=The New York Times \| date=27 April 2011 \| first=Vikas \| last=Bajaj \| access-date=5 July 2018 }}</ref>		At the International Colloquium on Freedom of Expression and Human Rights organized by the Press Council of India on 28 April 2011, she claimed that "Our media is probably the freest in the world."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021202115/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/India-has-world-s-freest-media-Soni/Article1-690812.aspx India has world's 'freest' media: Soni], Hindustan Times – 28 April 2011 </ref> But the two "Press freedom rankings" speak the contrary. The ''World Press Freedom Index 2012'' by the Reporters Without Borders group ranked India at 131 out of 179 which puts it in the category of "Noticeable problems".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2017-05-28 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507085043/http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf \|archive-date=2012-05-07 }}</ref> The ''Global press freedom rankings 2012'' by Freedom House ranked India at 80 out of 197 which puts it in the category of "Partly Free".<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2019-02-24\|url=https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf\|title=GLOBAL PRESS FREEDOM RANKINGS\|access-date=2020-09-09\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224104339/https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf\|archive-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> There are also serious concerns about regulators putting a tight leash on Internet Free Speech.<ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/technology/28internet.html \| title=India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech \| newspaper=The New York Times \| date=27 April 2011 \| first=Vikas \| last=Bajaj \| access-date=5 July 2018 }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}12. [https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/smt-ambika-soni Ambika Soni. https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/smt-ambika-soni]

	==External links==		==External links==

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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Ambika Soni
| image=Ambika Soni.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|11|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British India]] (now in [[Pakistan]])
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office5 = [[Minister of Information and Broadcasting]] [[Government of India]]
| predecessor5 = [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]]
| successor5 = [[Manish Tewari]]
| primeminister5 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
|residence = [[New Delhi]]
| term5 = 22 May 2009 – 27 October 2012
|office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] ([[Rajya Sabha]]) for [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|term_start1 = 1996
|term_end1
| office6 = [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Minister of Tourism]] and [[Ministry of Culture (India)|Culture]]
|term_start6 = 29 January 2006
|term_end6 = 22 May 2009
| predecessor6 = [[Renuka Chowdhury]]
| primeminister6 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| successor6 = [[Kumari Selja]]
| office7 = President of [[All India Mahila Congress]]
|term_start7 = 1998
|term_end7 = 1999
|president7 = [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| office8 = President of [[Indian Youth Congress]]
|term_start8 = 1975
|term_end8 = 1977
| office9 = General Secretary of [[All India Congress Committee]]
|term_start9 = 1999
|term_end9 = 2020
|president9 = [[Rahul Gandhi]] [[Sonia Gandhi]]
| office10 = Member of [[Congress Working Committee]]
|term_start10 = 1999
|term_end10 =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Uday C. Soni
| children = 1
| Occupation = Political and Social Worker
| alma mater = [[Indraprastha College]], [[University of Delhi]] [[University of Havana]] [[Alliance Francaise]] [[Welham Girls School]]
}}
'''Ambika Soni''' (born 13 November 1942) is an [[India]]n politician belonging to [[Indian National Congress]]. She had served as [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]. She is a [[Member of Parliament]] representing the state of [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]].

==Early life and education==
Born in Lahore in undivided [[British India|Punjab]] to [[Nakul Sen Whadwa]], an [[Indian Civil Service]] officer and [[List of Governors of Goa|Lt. Governor of Goa]] in 1942.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/an-affair-to-remember/article1-485227.aspx|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150402090004/http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/an-affair-to-remember/article1-485227.aspx|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2 April 2015|title = An affair to remember|last = Chadha|first = Kumkum|date = 11 December 2009}}</ref> Ambika studied at [[Welham Girls School]], Dehradun and did her M.A. (Hons.) from [[Indraprastha College]], [[Delhi University]], followed by Diploma Superiore en Langue Francaise from [[Alliance Francaise]], Bangkok and Post-Graduate Diploma in Spanish Art and Literature from [[University of Havana]], [[Cuba]]. She got married in 1961 to Uday Soni, an [[Indian Foreign Service]] officer. She had converted into [[Christianity]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hindu Wisdom - Politics of Conversion|url=http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Conversion7.htm|access-date=2020-09-09|website=www.hinduwisdom.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-12-11|title=An affair to remember|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/an-affair-to-remember/story-QZcPH8YoNhkqrd9ytCBKYM.html|access-date=2020-09-09|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> but it is said she had been a [[Hindus|Hindu]] according to source.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christianity to Hinduism|url=https://francoisgautier.me/2008/04/15/are-we-heading-towards-a-christian-india/|website=bhartibharat.in}}</ref>

==Political career==
Ambika Soni began her political career in 1969 when she was co-opted into the Congress Party by Indira Gandhi at the time of the Party split in 1969. Soni was an old family friend of Gandhi from the time when her father was posted as [[District collector]] of [[Amritsar]] during the [[Partition of India]] and worked very closely with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref name=HT>{{cite news|last=Vohra|first=Pankaj|title=By invitation only- Interview with Ambika Soni|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/InterviewsNews/By-invitation-only/Article1-416081.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228001950/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/InterviewsNews/By-invitation-only/Article1-416081.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|access-date=13 October 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=29 May 2009}}</ref> In 1975 she was elected president of the [[Indian Youth Congress]] and worked closely with Sanjay Gandhi.<ref name=Kumkum>{{cite news|last=Chadha|first=Kumkum|title=An affair to remember|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/An-affair-to-remember/Article1-485227.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111115040622/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/An-affair-to-remember/Article1-485227.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 November 2011|access-date=13 October 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=11 December 2009}}</ref> In March 1976 she was elected to Rajya Sabha. In 1998 she became the president of [[All India Mahila Congress]]. From 1999 - 2006 she was General Secretary of [[All India Congress Committee]]. In January 2000 she was again elected to Rajya Sabha and resigned on 10 June 2004. In July 2004 she was again elected to Rajya Sabha. From 29 January 2006 - 22 May 2009 she was Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture in UPA I government. From 22 May 2009 - 27 October 2012 she was Minister of Information and Broadcasting in UPA II government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/home/online-channel/top-story/104614-soni-wasnik-sahai-resign-ahead-of-reshuffle.html|access-date=2020-09-09|website=www.dailypioneer.com}}</ref> In July 2010 she was re-elected to Rajya Sabha.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}}

==Freedom of Press and Internet==
At the International Colloquium on Freedom of Expression and Human Rights organized by the Press Council of India on 28 April 2011, she claimed that "Our media is probably the freest in the world."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021202115/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/newdelhi/India-has-world-s-freest-media-Soni/Article1-690812.aspx India has world's 'freest' media: Soni], Hindustan Times – 28 April 2011 </ref> But the two "Press freedom rankings" speak the contrary. The ''World Press Freedom Index 2012'' by the Reporters Without Borders group ranked India at 131 out of 179 which puts it in the category of "Noticeable problems".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507085043/http://en.rsf.org/IMG/CLASSEMENT_2012/CLASSEMENT_ANG.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-07 }}</ref> The ''Global press freedom rankings 2012'' by Freedom House ranked India at 80 out of 197 which puts it in the category of "Partly Free".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-02-24|url=https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf|access-date=2020-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224104339/https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Global%20and%20Regional%20Press%20Freedom%20Rankings.pdf|archive-date=24 February 2019}}</ref> There are also serious concerns about regulators putting a tight leash on Internet Free Speech.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/technology/28internet.html | title=India Puts Tight Leash on Internet Free Speech | newspaper=The New York Times | date=27 April 2011 | first=Vikas | last=Bajaj | access-date=5 July 2018 }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Ambika Soni}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120721005032/http://www.mib.nic.in/ Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Official website]

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