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Ambika Soni

Indian politician (born 1942)

Field	Value
name	Ambika Soni
image	Ambika Soni.jpg
birth_date
birth_place	Lahore, Punjab, British India
(now in Pakistan)
residence	New Delhi
party	Indian National Congress
spouse	Uday C. Soni
children	1
alma_mater	Indraprastha College, University of Delhi
University of Havana
Alliance Francaise
Convent Of Jesus & Mary
office1	Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
from Punjab, India
term1	March 1976 - March 1982
January 2000 - June 2004
July 2004 - July 2022
office2	Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Government of India
term_start2	22 May 2009
term_end2	27 October 2012
predecessor2	Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
successor2	Manish Tewari
primeminister2	Manmohan Singh
office3	Minister of Tourism and Culture
Government of India
term_start3	29 January 2006
term_end3	22 May 2009
predecessor3	Renuka Chowdhury
successor3	Kumari Selja
primeminister3	Manmohan Singh
office4	President of
All India Mahila Congress
term_start4	1998
term_end4	1999
office5	President of
Indian Youth Congress
term_start5	1975
term_end5	1977
office6	General Secretary of
All India Congress Committee
term_start6	1999
term_end6	2020
office7	Member of
Congress Working Committee
term_start7	1999

(now in Pakistan) University of Havana Alliance Francaise Convent Of Jesus & Mary from Punjab, India January 2000 - June 2004 July 2004 - July 2022 Government of India Government of India All India Mahila Congress Indian Youth Congress All India Congress Committee Congress Working Committee Ambika Soni (born 13 November 1942) is an Indian politician in the Indian National Congress. She has been Minister of Information and Broadcasting. She was a Member of Parliament representing the state of Punjab in the Rajya Sabha.

Early life and education

Born in Lahore in undivided Punjab to Nakul Sen Wadhwa, an Indian Civil Service officer and Lt. Governor of Goa in 1942. Her mother, Indu Wadhwa, was a home-maker. The family is Hindu.

Ambika studied at Welham Girls School, New Delhi 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.

In 1961, aged 19, Ambika married Uday Soni, an Indian Foreign Service officer.

Political career

As Member of [[Indian National Congress]]

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 Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1975 she was elected as the president of the Indian Youth Congress and worked closely with Sanjay Gandhi. In 1998, she became the president of All India Mahila Congress. From 1999 - 2006 she was General Secretary of All India Congress Committee.

As [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]

First Term (March 1976 - March 1982)

Second Term (January 2000 - 10 June 2004)

Jan. 2003 - Feb. 2004	Member, Committee on Home Affairs

Third Term (July 2004 - July 2010)

March 2005 - Jan. 2006	Member, Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

Fourth Term (July 2010 - July 2016)

Sept. 2014 - May 2019	Member, Committee on Defence

Fifth Term (July 2016 - July 2022)

Oct. 2019 - July 2022	Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Culture and Tourism

As [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Cabinet Minister]]

Date	Office held	Additional Info	Reference
29 January 2006 - 22 May 2009	Minister of Tourism and Minister of Culture	First Manmohan Singh ministry
22 May 2009 - 27 October 2012	Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Second Manmohan Singh ministry

References

(8 April 2014). "Ambika Soni, retired babu husband worth Rs 94 crore". The Times of India.
(2009-05-29). "By invitation only".
(2009-12-11). "An affair to remember".
"Soni, Wasnik, Sahai resign ahead of reshuffle".

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