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Mamata Banerjee wishes Preity Zinta on her birthday

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wished Preity Zinta on her 43rd birthday. Banerjee took to Twitter saying, wishing…

Mamata Banerjee wishes Preity Zinta on her birthday

Mamata Banerjee and Preity Zinta (Photos: Twitter)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wished Preity Zinta on her 43rd birthday.

Banerjee took to Twitter saying, wishing @realpreityzinta (Preity Zinta) a very happy birthday

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Zinta is a daughter of an army officer and belong to Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. The actor is a recipient of the Godfrey Phillips Bravery Award.

Preity has adopted 34 girls from the Mother Miracle orphanage in Rishikesh in 2009, where she took up the responsibility of providing them food, education, and clothing.

The Veer Zaara actor had a near death experience in 2004, when there was an explosion at a Temptation concert in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Later, the same year, when Tsunami swept through Thailand, while she was vacationing there.

After this incident, the actress was quoted saying, “I wrote down all the things that I have in life to be grateful about and it was quite a long list.”

The dimpled actor is one of the most educated Bollywood actors and has completed her graduation in English Honours and post-graduation in Criminal Psychology. She also received an Honorary Doctorate degree of Arts from the University of East London.

Preity became the youngest owner of an IPL team back in 2009. Despite the public tiff in 2004, Preity continues to hold her stakes in the team.

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