Iltija Mufti Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More
Age: 33 Years
Marital Status: Unmarried
Education: Warwick University, England
Iltija Mufti
Bio/Wiki
Nickname(s) Sana [1]
Famous For Being the daughter of PDP president Mehbooba Mufti
Personal Life
Date of Birth Year: 1987
Age (as in 2020) 33 Years
Birthplace Srinagar, Kashmir
Nationality Indian
Hometown Srinagar, Kashmir
College/University • Sri Venkateswara College (University of Delhi)
• Warwick University, England
Educational Qualification • Bachelor of Political Science [2]
• Masters of International Relations [3]
Controversies • On 2nd January 2020, Iltija Mufti was detained in her house by her own SSG security team about her plans to visit her grandfather Mufti Mohammad Sayeed’s grave in Anantnag district on his death anniversary on 7th January. However; she was allowed to visit later. [4]
Relationships & More
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Marital Status Unmarried
Family
Parents Father- Javed Iqbal Shah
Mother- Mehbooba Mufti
Javed Iqbal Shah and Mehbooba Mufti
Siblings Brother- None
Sister- Irtiqa Mufti (actor)
Irtiqa Mufti
Iltija Mufti at India Today Conclave in 2019
Some Lesser-Known Facts About Iltija Mufti
Iltija Mufti was born into a prominent political family. Her grandfather, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, who died in 2016, was two-time Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state (November 2002 to November 2005 and again from March 2015 to January 2016). He also served as the union minister for tourism in the Rajiv Gandhi Cabinet (1986-1987) and was also the Home Minister of India for a year (1989-1990).
Iltija Mufti along with her grandfather at Taj Mahal in 2015
Iltija Mufti along with her grandfather at Taj Mahal in 2015
Her father, Javed Iqbal Shah, is a Kashmiri columnist, political analyst, businessman and animal rights activist. Javed was a paternal cousin of her mother, Mehbooba Mufti. Her parents got married in 1984 and parted their ways in 1987, a year later from the birth of Iltija.
A childhood picture of Iltija sitting on her father’s lap
A childhood picture of Iltija, her father, and her younger sister, wherein she can be seen sitting on her father’s lap
Iltija Mufti’s mother, Mehbooba Mufti, was a two-time Member of Parliament from Anantnag constituency from 2004 to 2009 and then from 2014 to 2018 while simultaneously serving as the CM of Jammu and Kashmir State.
Ijtija Mufti did two years of her initial schooling from Kashmir and then moved to Delhi to pursue her remaining education.
Iltija aspired to become an astronaut but ended up pursuing a Political Science course in a Delhi college. [5]
After completing her graduation from Delhi, she went to the UK to do a post-graduation in Masters of International Relations and then got a chance to work as a Senior Administrative Officer at the Indian High Commissioner in London. She also worked at Australia India Institute before coming back to her home in Kashmir.
She came to political limelight after she first put out a tweet from her mother’s twitter handle on 18 September 2019, 46 days after political leaders and Kashmiri separatists along with her mother Mehbooba Mufti were detained under PSA.
Since then, she has been vocal in her criticism of restrictions imposed in Kashmir and of several other governments’ decisions.
After the abrogation of article 370, she wrote a letter to the Home Minister of India, Amit Shah, questioning him about the revocation of Article 370 from Kashmir. [6]
She went on to several talk shows, including a CNN show with Christiane Amanpour and BBC’s Hard Talk.
Fmr. Chief Minister of Kashmir @MehboobaMufti was detained in August, and her daughter Iltija is now speaking out, accusing India of “hurtling towards an authoritarian regime… This is not the country I was born and raised in. It’s turning into a cesspool of bigotry.” pic.twitter.com/zYX3eNvraJ
— Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) November 6, 2019
Kashmir “turned into an open air prison camp” after the Indian government revoked its special status, according to Iltija Mufti daughter of @MehboobaMufti, President of Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party pic.twitter.com/pWq3smx7D9
— BBC HARDtalk (@BBCHARDtalk) October 2, 2019
Iltija Mufti moves under the security cover of J&K Police’s Special Security Group (SSG) provided by the Indian government.
She was appointed as the Media Advisor to the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, on 30 August 2023. Iltija has been overseeing her mother, Mehbooba Mufti’s, social media account since she was detained in 2019 after the central government had ended Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories.