Rukhsana Sultana

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Ruksana Sultana 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]

Ruksana is connected through birth and marriage to a number of well-known personalities in Indian films and media. Rukhsana married Shivinder Singh Virk , a Sikh general in Indian Army. Her daughter Amrita Singh,was a leading Bollywood actress in the 1980s.[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. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
  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.
  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.