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Born on October 27, 1976 in Faizabad, Ayodhya district, India, Pooja Batra is an actor, model and beauty pageant contestant. That puts Pooja Batra at 49 years old in 2026. Education on record includes Fergusson College.
My Take
Pooja Batra's story interests me because she refused to be defined by a single arena. Crowned Femina Miss India International and representing the country at Miss International, she could have coasted on beauty alone, but she built a career across modeling and Hindi cinema and later crossed continents into American work. That kind of restless reinvention takes nerve. With a Fergusson College background behind her, I sense someone who paired poise with intelligence. What I respect most is not the titles she won but the way she kept widening her own horizon rather than settling into the easy version of her fame.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Pooja Batra
- Name (Japanese)
- プージャー・バトラ
- Reading
- ぷーじゃー・ばとら
- Born
- October 27, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dragon
- Origin
- Faizabad, Ayodhya district, India
- Occupation
- actor / model / beauty pageant contestant
2. Background
- University
- Fergusson College
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.poojabatra.com/
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooja%20Batra
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595550
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-19
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Pooja Batra born?
Born October 27, 1976 (age 49).
Where is Pooja Batra from?
Pooja Batra is from Faizabad, Ayodhya district, India.
What does Pooja Batra do?
Pooja Batra works as actor, model, beauty pageant contestant.
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