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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? | '''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== | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 13 December 2021
Rukhsana Sultana | |
|---|---|
| Born | Meenu Bimbet |
| Occupation | Political activist |
| Years active | 1970–1976 |
| Spouse(s) | Shivinder Singh Virk (divorced) |
| Children | Amrita Singh |
| Relatives | Begum 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
- ↑ "Rukhsana Sultana: The chief glamour girl of the Emergency".
- ↑ "Tragedy at Turkman Gate: Witnesses recount horror of Emergency".
- ↑ Das, Veena. (Editor); Tarlo, Emma (2000). Violence and subjectivity (9th printing. ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 266. ISBN 9780520216082.
{{cite book}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ↑ 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.
- ↑ Gwatkin, Davidson R. "Political will and family planning: the implications of India's emergency experience." Population and Development Review (1979): 29-59.
- ↑ French, Patrick (2011). India : a portrait (1st U.S. ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 43. ISBN 978-0307272430. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
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- ↑ Varma, Anuradha (14 June 2009). "In Bollywood, everyone's related!". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ↑ "Film Actress Amrita Singh - Bollywood Star Amrita Singh - Amrita Singh Biography - Amrita Singh Profile". Iloveindia.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.