<p>Indian actor&nbsp;Nawazuddin Siddiqui has expressed his happiness for his mother being named among BBC&#39;s&nbsp;100 most influential women list of 2017.</p>

<p>His mother,&nbsp;Mehroonisa Siddiqui was a surprise addition to the list and the actor shared a photo on Twitter to congratulate her. The post reads:&nbsp; &quot;A lady who showed courage against all odds being in a conservative family from a small village-My Mother.&quot;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A Lady who showed courage against all odds being in a conservative Family from a small village-My Mother <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/100MostInfluentialWomenInTheWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#100MostInfluentialWomenInTheWorld</a> <a href="https://t.co/rtE9VnEP74">pic.twitter.com/rtE9VnEP74</a></p>
&mdash; Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) <a href="https://twitter.com/Nawazuddin_S/status/913089672057720832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>Other achievers who made it to the list include&nbsp;Indian women&#39;s cricket team captain Mithali Raj, Dr Urvashi Sahni --a social entrepreneur, women&#39;s rights activist and educationist, Nitya Thummalachetty -- a business analyst at CareCentra, and Tulika Kiran -- founder and CEO of Embibe.&nbsp;</p>

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The actor expressed his happiness by sharing a picture with his mother on Twitter

Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui has expressed his happiness for his mother being named among BBC's 100 most influential women list of 2017. His mother, Mehroonisa Siddiqui was a surprise addition to the list and the actor shared a photo on Twitter to congratulate her. The post reads: "A lady who showed courage against all odds being in a conservative family from a small village-My Mother." A Lady who showed courage against all odds being in a conservative Family from a small village-My Mother #100MostInfluentialWomenInTheWorld pic.twitter.com/rtE9VnEP74 — Nawazuddin Siddiqui (@Nawazuddin_S) September 27, 2017 × Other achievers who made it to the list include Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj, Dr Urvashi Sahni --a social entrepreneur, women's rights activist and educationist, Nitya Thummalachetty -- a business analyst at CareCentra, and Tulika Kiran -- founder and CEO of Embibe.

Nawazuddin's mother Mehroonisa among BBC's 100 Most Influential Women

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Nawazuddin's mother Mehroonisa among BBC's 100 Most Influential Women