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	\| name = Rukhsana Sultana		\| name = Rukhsana Sultana
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	\| birth_place = [[Jalandhar\|Jullundur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab]], [[British Raj\|British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Jalandhar\|Jullundur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)\|Punjab]], [[British Raj\|British India]] (present-day [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], [[India]])
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	\| birth_name = Meenu Bimbet		\| birth_name = Meenu Bimbet
	\| occupation = Political activist		\| death_date = 1996
	\| years_active = 1970–1976		\| occupation = Political activist
	\| spouse = Shivinder Singh Virk (divorced)		\| years_active = 1970–1976
	\| children = [[Amrita Singh]]		\| spouse = Shivinder Singh Virk (divorced)
	\|relatives = [[Begum Para]] (aunt)<br>[[Nasir Khan (actor)\|Nasir Khan]] (uncle)<br>[[Ayub Khan (actor)\|Ayub Khan]] (cousin~~)<br>[[Sara Ali Khan]] (granddaughter~~)		\| children = [[Amrita Singh]]
	\| known_for =		\| relatives = [[Sara Ali Khan]] (granddaughter)<br>[[Begum Para]] (aunt)<br>[[Nasir Khan (actor)\|Nasir Khan]] (uncle)<br>[[Ayub Khan (actor)\|Ayub Khan]] (cousin)
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	'''Rukhsana Sultana''' (born '''Meenu Bimbet''') is an Indian socialite known for being one of [[Sanjay Gandhi]]'s close associates during the state of [[The Emergency (India)\|Emergency]] in India between 1975 and 1977.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19770531-rukhsana-sultana-the-chief-glamour-girl-of-the-emergency-823746-2014-08-14\|title=Rukhsana Sultana: The chief glamour girl of the Emergency}}</ref> During this period she ~~gained notoriety~~ for leading Sanjay Gandhi's [[Compulsory sterilization\|sterilisation campaign]] in Muslim areas of Old Delhi,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/tragedy-at-turkman-gate-witnesses-recount-horror-of-emergency/story-UD6kxHbROYSBMlDbjQLYpJ.html\|title=Tragedy at Turkman Gate: Witnesses recount horror of Emergency}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Das\|first1=Veena~~. (Editor)~~\|~~last2~~=Tarlo\|~~first2~~=Emma\|title=Violence and subjectivity\|date=2000\|publisher=University of California Press\|location=Berkeley\|isbn=9780520216082\|page=266~~\|edition=9th printing.~~\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KsEcQnb2VIC&dq=sultana&pg=PA242}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Tarlo\|first1=Emma\|title=Unsettling memories : narratives of the emergency in Delhi\|date=2001\|publisher=University of California Press\|location=Berkeley\|isbn=9780520231221\|pages=38–39, 143\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3IO1WB2H8UUC&dq=sultana&pg=PR5\|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref><ref>Gwatkin, Davidson R. "Political will and family planning: the implications of India's emergency experience." Population and Development Review (1979): 29-59.</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=French\|first1=Patrick\|title=India : a portrait\|date=2011\|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf\|location=New York\|isbn=978-0307272430\|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430/page/43 43]\|edition=1st U.S.\|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430\|url-access=registration\|quote=rukhsana sultana .\|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref>		'''Rukhsana Sultana''' (born '''Meenu Bimbet''' died 1996)<ref>https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/are-sara-ali-khan-amrita-singh-related-to-dilip-kumar-fact-check/amp/ </ref> was an Indian socialite known for being one of [[Sanjay Gandhi]]'s close associates during the state of [[The Emergency (India)\|Emergency]] in India between 1975 and 1977.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19770531-rukhsana-sultana-the-chief-glamour-girl-of-the-emergency-823746-2014-08-14\|title=Rukhsana Sultana: The chief glamour girl of the Emergency}}</ref> During this period she became known for leading Sanjay Gandhi's [[Compulsory sterilization\|sterilisation campaign]] in Muslim areas of Old Delhi.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/tragedy-at-turkman-gate-witnesses-recount-horror-of-emergency/story-UD6kxHbROYSBMlDbjQLYpJ.html\|title=Tragedy at Turkman Gate: Witnesses recount horror of Emergency\|date=28 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|editor-last1=Das\|editor-first1=Veena\|display-editors=etal\|last=Tarlo\|first=Emma\|title=Violence and subjectivity\|date=2000\|publisher=University of California Press\|location=Berkeley\|isbn=9780520216082\|page=266\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KsEcQnb2VIC&dq=sultana&pg=PA242}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Tarlo\|first1=Emma\|title=Unsettling memories : narratives of the emergency in Delhi\|date=2001\|publisher=University of California Press\|location=Berkeley\|isbn=9780520231221\|pages=38–39, 143\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3IO1WB2H8UUC&dq=sultana&pg=PR5\|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref><ref>Gwatkin, Davidson R. "Political will and family planning: the implications of India's emergency experience." Population and Development Review (1979): 29-59.</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=French\|first1=Patrick\|title=India : a portrait\|date=2011\|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf\|location=New York\|isbn=978-0307272430\|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430/page/43 43]\|edition=1st U.S.\|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430\|url-access=registration\|quote=rukhsana sultana .\|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==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]].<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web\|last1=Varma\|first1=Anuradha\|title=In Bollywood, everyone's related!\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/In-Bollywood-everyones-related/articleshow/4654411.cms\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=21 April 2016\|date=14 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/bollywood/actresses/amrita-singh.html \|title=Film Actress Amrita Singh - Bollywood Star Amrita Singh - Amrita Singh Biography - Amrita Singh Profile \|publisher=Iloveindia.com \|date= \|accessdate=2016-09-13}}</ref>		Rukhsana was born as Meenu Bimbet to Zarina Sultana (sister of film actress, [[Begum Para]]) and Mohan Bimbet. She was connected through birth and marriage to a number of well-known personalities in Indian films and media. Her aunt Begum Para was married to [[Nasir Khan (actor)\|Nasir Khan]] younger brother of [[Dilip Kumar]]. Rukhsana married Shivinder Singh Virk, an officer in the Indian Army and the nephew of [[Khushwant Singh]]. They later divorced. They had one daughter, [[Amrita Singh]] who was a leading Bollywood actress in the 1980s. Rukhsana is the grandmother of [[Sara Ali Khan]] and Ibrahim Ali Khan (b.2001) from Amrita's marriage to [[Saif Ali Khan]]<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web\|last1=Varma\|first1=Anuradha\|title=In Bollywood, everyone's related!\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/In-Bollywood-everyones-related/articleshow/4654411.cms\|website=[[The Times of India]]\|accessdate=21 April 2016\|date=14 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/bollywood/actresses/amrita-singh.html \|title=Film Actress Amrita Singh - Bollywood Star Amrita Singh - Amrita Singh Biography - Amrita Singh Profile \|publisher=Iloveindia.com \|date= \|accessdate=2016-09-13}}</ref>

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	'''Rukhsana Sultana''' (born '''Meenu Bimbet''') is an Indian socialite known for being one of [[Sanjay Gandhi]]'s close associates during the state of [[The Emergency (India)\|Emergency]] in India between 1975 and 1977.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19770531-rukhsana-sultana-the-chief-glamour-girl-of-the-emergency-823746-2014-08-14\|title=Rukhsana Sultana: The chief glamour girl of the Emergency}}</ref> During this period she gained notoriety for leading Sanjay Gandhi's [[Compulsory sterilization\|sterilisation campaign]] in Muslim areas of Old Delhi,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/tragedy-at-turkman-gate-witnesses-recount-horror-of-emergency/story-UD6kxHbROYSBMlDbjQLYpJ.html\|title=Tragedy at Turkman Gate: Witnesses recount horror of Emergency}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Das\|first1=Veena. (Editor)\|last2=Tarlo\|first2=Emma\|title=Violence and subjectivity\|date=2000\|publisher=University of California Press\|location=Berkeley\|isbn=9780520216082\|page=266\|edition=9th printing.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?~~hl=en&lr=&~~id=7KsEcQnb2VIC&oi=~~fnd~~&pg=PA242~~&dq=ruksana+sultana+sterilization+vasectomy&ots=GqZo1H38oz&sig=rpGbBhQYTlaxIXFBl_8gQT3k6p0#v=onepage&q=sultana&f=false~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Tarlo\|first1=Emma\|title=Unsettling memories : narratives of the emergency in Delhi\|date=2001\|publisher=University of California Press\|location=Berkeley\|isbn=9780520231221\|pages=38–39, 143\|url=https://books.google.com/books?~~hl=en&lr=&~~id=3IO1WB2H8UUC&oi=~~fnd~~&pg=PR5~~&dq=ruksana+sultana+sterilization+vasectomy&ots=LMdd4Ww_dG&sig=it0hAR3VF0L9lEo_w1aZ-Y6IVnY#v=onepage&q=sultana&f=false~~\|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref><ref>Gwatkin, Davidson R. "Political will and family planning: the implications of India's emergency experience." Population and Development Review (1979): 29-59.</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=French\|first1=Patrick\|title=India : a portrait\|date=2011\|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf\|location=New York\|isbn=978-0307272430\|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430/page/43 43]\|edition=1st U.S.\|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430\|url-access=registration\|quote=rukhsana sultana .\|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref>		'''Rukhsana Sultana''' (born '''Meenu Bimbet''') is an Indian socialite known for being one of [[Sanjay Gandhi]]'s close associates during the state of [[The Emergency (India)\|Emergency]] in India between 1975 and 1977.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19770531-rukhsana-sultana-the-chief-glamour-girl-of-the-emergency-823746-2014-08-14\|title=Rukhsana Sultana: The chief glamour girl of the Emergency}}</ref> During this period she gained notoriety for leading Sanjay Gandhi's [[Compulsory sterilization\|sterilisation campaign]] in Muslim areas of Old Delhi,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/tragedy-at-turkman-gate-witnesses-recount-horror-of-emergency/story-UD6kxHbROYSBMlDbjQLYpJ.html\|title=Tragedy at Turkman Gate: Witnesses recount horror of Emergency}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Das\|first1=Veena. (Editor)\|last2=Tarlo\|first2=Emma\|title=Violence and subjectivity\|date=2000\|publisher=University of California Press\|location=Berkeley\|isbn=9780520216082\|page=266\|edition=9th printing.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7KsEcQnb2VIC&dq=sultana&pg=PA242}}</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=Tarlo\|first1=Emma\|title=Unsettling memories : narratives of the emergency in Delhi\|date=2001\|publisher=University of California Press\|location=Berkeley\|isbn=9780520231221\|pages=38–39, 143\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3IO1WB2H8UUC&dq=sultana&pg=PR5\|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref><ref>Gwatkin, Davidson R. "Political will and family planning: the implications of India's emergency experience." Population and Development Review (1979): 29-59.</ref><ref>{{cite book\|last1=French\|first1=Patrick\|title=India : a portrait\|date=2011\|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf\|location=New York\|isbn=978-0307272430\|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430/page/43 43]\|edition=1st U.S.\|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430\|url-access=registration\|quote=rukhsana sultana .\|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==

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{{Infobox person
| name = Rukhsana Sultana
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Jalandhar|Jullundur]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| image =
| birth_name = Meenu Bimbet
| occupation = Political activist
| years_active = 1970–1976
| spouse = Shivinder Singh Virk (divorced)
| children = [[Amrita Singh]]
|relatives = [[Begum Para]] (aunt)<br>[[Nasir Khan (actor)|Nasir Khan]] (uncle)<br>[[Ayub Khan (actor)|Ayub Khan]] (cousin)<br>[[Sara Ali Khan]] (granddaughter)
| known_for =
| height =
}}

'''Rukhsana Sultana''' (born '''Meenu Bimbet''') is an Indian socialite known for being one of [[Sanjay Gandhi]]'s close associates during the state of [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]] in India between 1975 and 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/investigation/story/19770531-rukhsana-sultana-the-chief-glamour-girl-of-the-emergency-823746-2014-08-14|title=Rukhsana Sultana: The chief glamour girl of the Emergency}}</ref> During this period she gained notoriety for leading Sanjay Gandhi's [[Compulsory sterilization|sterilisation campaign]] in Muslim areas of Old Delhi,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/tragedy-at-turkman-gate-witnesses-recount-horror-of-emergency/story-UD6kxHbROYSBMlDbjQLYpJ.html|title=Tragedy at Turkman Gate: Witnesses recount horror of Emergency}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Das|first1=Veena. (Editor)|last2=Tarlo|first2=Emma|title=Violence and subjectivity|date=2000|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=9780520216082|page=266|edition=9th printing.|url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=7KsEcQnb2VIC&oi=fnd&pg=PA242&dq=ruksana+sultana+sterilization+vasectomy&ots=GqZo1H38oz&sig=rpGbBhQYTlaxIXFBl_8gQT3k6p0#v=onepage&q=sultana&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Tarlo|first1=Emma|title=Unsettling memories : narratives of the emergency in Delhi|date=2001|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=9780520231221|pages=38–39, 143|url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=3IO1WB2H8UUC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=ruksana+sultana+sterilization+vasectomy&ots=LMdd4Ww_dG&sig=it0hAR3VF0L9lEo_w1aZ-Y6IVnY#v=onepage&q=sultana&f=false|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref><ref>Gwatkin, Davidson R. "Political will and family planning: the implications of India's emergency experience." Population and Development Review (1979): 29-59.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=French|first1=Patrick|title=India : a portrait|date=2011|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|location=New York|isbn=978-0307272430|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430/page/43 43]|edition=1st U.S.|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307272430|url-access=registration|quote=rukhsana sultana .|accessdate=13 February 2017}}</ref>

==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]].<ref name="TOI1">{{cite web|last1=Varma|first1=Anuradha|title=In Bollywood, everyone's related!|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/In-Bollywood-everyones-related/articleshow/4654411.cms|website=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=21 April 2016|date=14 June 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/bollywood/actresses/amrita-singh.html |title=Film Actress Amrita Singh - Bollywood Star Amrita Singh - Amrita Singh Biography - Amrita Singh Profile |publisher=Iloveindia.com |date= |accessdate=2016-09-13}}</ref>

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