Ambika Soni
| Ambika Soni | |
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| ਅੰਬਿਕਾ ਸੋਨੀ | |
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Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) for Punjab |
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Assumed office 1996 |
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Minister of Information and Broadcasting Government of India |
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In office 22 May 2009 - 27 October 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi |
| Succeeded by | Manish Tewari |
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Minister of Tourism and Culture Government of India |
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In office 29 Jan. 2006 – 22 May 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Succeeded by | Kumari Selja |
| President of All India Mahila Congress |
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In office 1998–1999 |
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| President | Sonia Gandhi |
| President of Indian Youth Congress |
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In office 1975–1977 |
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| General Secretary of All India Congress Committee |
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Assumed office 1999 |
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| President | Sonia Gandhi |
| Member of Congress Working Committee |
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Assumed office 1999 |
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13 November 1942 Lahore, British India (now in Pakistan) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Uday C. Soni |
| Children | one son Anup |
| Parents | Nakul Sen, I.C.S and Indu Nakul Sen |
| Residence | New Delhi |
Ambika Soni (born 13 November 1942) is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress. She had served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting. She is a Member of Parliament representing the state of Punjab in the Rajya Sabha.
Born in Lahore in undivided Punjab to Nakul Sen Whadwa, an I.C.S officer and Lt. Governor of Goa and Indu Nakul Sen Wadhwa in 1942. Ambika studied at Welham Girls School,Dehradun and did her M.A. (Hons.) from Indraprastha College, Delhi University, followed by Diploma Superiore en Langue Francaise from Alliance Francaise, Bangkok and Post-Graduate Diploma in Spanish Art and Literature from University of Havana, Cuba. She got married in 1961 to Uday Soni, an Indian Foreign Service officer.
Ambika Soni began her political career in 1969 when she was co-opted into the Congress Party by Indira Gandhi at the time of the Party split in 1969. Soni was an old family friend of Gandhi from the time when her father was posted as District collector of Amritsar during the Partition of India and worked very closely with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1975 she was elected president of the Indian Youth Congress and worked closely with Sanjay Gandhi. In March 1976 she was elected to Rajya Sabha. In 1998 she became the president of All India Mahila Congress. From 1999 - 2006 she was General Secretary of All India Congress Committee. In January 2000 she was again elected to Rajya Sabha and resigned w.e.f. 10 June 2004. In July 2004 she was again elected to Rajya Sabha. From 29 January 2006 - 22 May 2009 she was Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture in UPA I government. From 22 May 2009 - 27 October 2012 she was Minister of Information and Broadcasting in UPA II government. In July 2010 she was re-elected to Rajya Sabha.
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