Smriti Zubin Irani
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| Union Minister of Textiles (Government Of India) | |
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Assumed office 7 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Deputy | Ajay Tamta (Minister of State) |
| Preceded by | Santosh Gangwar |
| Minister of Human Resource and Development | |
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In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 |
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| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Pallam Raju |
| Succeeded by | Prakash Javdekar |
| Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) for Gujarat | |
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Assumed office 2014 |
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| Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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Assumed office 19 August 2011 |
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| President | Amit Shah |
| Personal details | |
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Smriti Malhotra 23 March 1976 New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janta Party |
| Spouse(s) | Zubin Irani (m. 2001) |
| Residence | New Delhi |
| Occupation | Politician, Actor |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Smriti Zubin Irani (born Smriti Malhotra; 23 March 1976) is an Indian politician, former model, television actress and producer. Irani is a Member of Parliament, being nominated to the Rajya Sabha from the state of Gujarat. She is the current Minister of Textiles in the Government of India.
Smriti Malhotra was born in Delhi to a Bengali mother, Shibani, and a Punjabi Khatri father, Ajay Kumar Malhotra. She is the eldest of three sisters. She has been a part of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from childhood as her grandfather was an RSS swayamsevak and her mother a member of Jana Sangh. She passed class 12 from Holy Child Auxilium School in New Delhi. She then studied in University of Delhi Irani was accused of providing contradictory affidavits about her educational qualifications during different elections. in her affidavit for 2004 Lok Sabha elections, stated her educational qualification as B.A. from Delhi University (school of correspondence).However, while filing affidavit in her Rajya Sabha nomination papers from Gujarat in 2011, she said her highest educational qualification was B.com, Part 1 (correspondence course) from Delhi University. However the case will not be further summoned as made clear by a court decision.
Irani was one of the finalists of the beauty pageant Miss India 1998, along with Gauri Pradhan Tejwani. In 1998, Irani appeared in a song "Boliyan" of the album "Saawan Mein Lag Gayi Aag" with Mika Singh. In 2000, she made her début with TV series Aatish and Hum Hain Kal Aaj Aur Kal, both aired on Star Plus. In mid-2000, Irani won the lead role of Tulsi Virani in Ekta Kapoor's production Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi on Star Plus. She holds the record of winning five consecutive Indian Television Academy Awards for Best Actress (Popular), four Indian Telly Awards. Irani had a fallout with the producer Ekta Kapoor and she left the show in June 2007 and was replaced by Gautami Kapoor. She made her comeback in May 2008 in a special episode.
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