Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after complaining of a stomach infection was admitted to a private ward at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). According to reports, she is receiving the best medical care and her condition is stable.
She is a politician and the current Finance Minister of India. In September 2017, she was the first woman appointed as India’s full-time Defense Minister. She is associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2006 she joined the BJP. From a pro-Congress family, she is a BJP leader and likes to read. Let’s see more about her:
Interesting Facts About Nirmala Sitharaman
1. Nirmala Sitharaman became the second woman to serve as Defense Minister after Indira Gandhi and the first to hold this position full-time. She is now the second female Finance Minister. Previously, Indira Gandhi held this position for a brief period between 1970 and 71. She took up an additional position and headed it while she served the country as Prime Minister.
2. Previously, she had served as Minister of State (independent position) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and had also handled the finance and corporate affairs portfolios as Minister of State.
3. Nirmala Sitharaman was born on August 18, 1959 in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, in a middle-class family. Her father’s name is Shri Narayan Sitharaman and her mother’s name is Smt. Savitri Sitharaman. Her father worked on railroads and her mother was a housewife. Her father belonged to Musiri in Tiruchirappalli and her mother had her roots in Thiruvenkadu, Salem and Thanjavur districts in Tamil Nadu.
4. He did his schooling in Madras and Tiruchirappalli and completed his bachelor’s degree in Economics from Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College in Tiruchirappalli. Additionally, she obtained a master’s degree from JNU in 1984. Additionally, she pursued a Ph.D. in dissertation on the Indo-European textile trade. At JNU she met Parakala Prabhakar and later, in 1986, she married him and went to London.
5. After moving to London, he worked as a Senior Research and Analysis Manager at Price Waterhouse. Did you know that before joining Price Waterhouse she worked as a sales assistant at Habitat, a home decoration store on London’s Regent Street? Her dedication and hard work earned her a bottle of Moet and Chandon champagne due to the higher sales recorded during Christmas.
6. He also worked with the BBC World Service and the Association of Agricultural Engineers in the United Kingdom.
7. She and her family returned to India in 1991. In 2004, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), although her husband’s family was completely pro-Congress. We tell you that before joining the BJP, she was a member of the National Commission for Women from 2003 to 2005.
8. Nirmala Sitharaman became the spokesperson of the BJP party and became known as the voice and face of the party and held her own against political stalwarts in confrontations and television debates.
9. He likes classical music and listens to it from time to time. She is a devotee of Lord Krishna. She also likes to read. Her daily activity consumes three hours of her time reading about nine newspapers. Additionally, her favorite pastime includes traveling, hiking, and cooking.
10. Everyone has some weakness or another. She knows he speaks English fluently, but not much Hindi.
Here are some interesting facts about Nirmala Sitharaman.
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