Rukhsana Sultana

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Rukhsana Sultana
Born
Meenu Bimbet

January 13, 1934
Jalandhar, Punjab, British India
OccupationPolitical activist
Years active1970–1976
SpouseShivinder Singh Virk (divorced)
Children Amrita Singh
Relatives Khan–Banu family

Rukhsana Sultana (born Meenu Bimbet) was 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 became known 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 Haque and Group Captain Madan Mohan Bimbet. [7] Bimbet was a Hindu and an officer in the Indian Air Force. His wife Zarina was a Muslim, and the daughter of Mian Ehsan-ul-haque, sometime Chief Justice of the princely state of Bikaner. Ehsan-ul-haque came from a landowning family, originally from Jalandhar. After Rukhsana’s father divorced her mother, he married Asha Bimbat, from whom he had two children, Madhusudan and Tahira Bimbat. Rukhsana was connected through birth and marriage to a number of well-known personalities in Indian films and media. Her maternal aunt Begum Para (her mother’s sister) was married to Nasir Khan, the younger brother of Dilip Kumar.

Rukhsana married Shivinder Singh Virk, an officer in the Indian Army and the nephew of Khushwant Singh. The couple 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. [8] [9]

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