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	'''Twinkle Kalia''' (born 1982) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ woman who lives in Delhi. She funds and drives ambulances. She was given the highest award for women, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]], in 2017.		'''Twinkle Kalia''' (born 1982) is an Indian woman who lives in Delhi. She funds and drives ambulances. She was given the highest award for women, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]], in 2017.

	==Life==		==Life==

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'''Twinkle Kalia''' (born 1982) is an [[India]]n woman who lives in Delhi. She funds and drives ambulances. She was given the highest award for women, the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]], in 2017.

==Life==
Kalia was born in 1980. When she came to marry her fiancé in 2002 he said that he did not want a dowry, but he did drive a rented ambulance and he would like to have his own. His driving force was that he had to go to work at 14 because his father went into a coma for six years. A coma he might not have had if the family hadn't wasted hours trying to find an ambulance.<ref name=toi>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/how-a-personal-loss-25-yrs-ago-inspired-a-mission-to-save-lives/articleshow/61759818.cms|title=How a personal loss 25 years ago inspired a mission to save lives {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India|last=Nov 23|first=Pankhuri Yadav {{!}} TNN {{!}}|last2=2017|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25|last3=Ist|first3=03:03}}</ref>

Kalia's moment was when she had liver cancer and realised the value of ambulances and care. She and her husband both sell insurance for a living but they have put all their spare cash into buying and operating ambulances.<ref name=toi/> Kalia has also suffered from jaundice which she believes was caused by uncovered drains. She complained but nothing happened and she realised that the only way was to become a politician. Kalia stood for the local council in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/delhi/report-city-s-first-woman-ambulance-driver-joins-civic-poll-fray-2361295|title=City's 'first woman ambulance driver' joins civic poll fray|last=Banka|first=Richa|date=2017-03-21|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>

She was given the [[Nari Shakti Puraskar]] award in 2019. The "2018" award was made in the Presidential Palace by the President of India. Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] was present.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in/gallery|title=Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery|website=narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in|access-date=2020-04-11}}</ref>

In 2019 they had operations in other cities too and she and Himangshu Kalia met [[Mamata Banerjee]] and mayor [[Firhad Hakim]] to discuss setting up another of their groups of ambulances in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/free-ambulance-service-provider-come-kolkata-1502821516.html|title=Free ambulance service provider to come to Kolkata|date=2019-11-13|website=The Statesman|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-25}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Nari Shakti Puraskar}}
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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Insurance agents]]
[[Category:Nari Shakti Puraskar winners]]
[[Category:Ambulance services in India]]
[[Category:People from Delhi]]

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