Ambika Soni
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Ambika Soni | |
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| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Punjab, India | |
| In office March 1976 - March 1982 January 2000 - June 2004 July 2004 - July 2022 | |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting Government of India | |
| In office 22 May 2009 – 27 October 2012 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi |
| Succeeded by | Manish Tewari |
| Minister of Tourism and Culture Government of India | |
| In office 29 January 2006 – 22 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | Renuka Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Kumari Selja |
| President of All India Mahila Congress | |
| In office 1998–1999 | |
| President of Indian Youth Congress | |
| In office 1975–1977 | |
| General Secretary of All India Congress Committee | |
| In office 1999–2020 | |
| Member of Congress Working Committee | |
| Assumed office 1999 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 November 1942 |
| 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 |
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.
Born in Lahore in undivided Punjab to Nakul Sen Wadhwa, an Indian Civil Service officer and Lt. Governor of Goa in 1942.[1] 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.[2]
In 1961, aged 19, Ambika married Uday Soni, an Indian Foreign Service officer.
