Dinesh Khanna
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Fatehgarh Churian, Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India
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| Born | 4 January 1943 Fatehgarh Churian, Gurdaspur, Punjab, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dinesh Kumar Khanna is an Indian former badminton player. Dinesh Khanna belongs to a prominent family of Punjab based out of Fatehgarh Churian (District Gurdaspur). His great great grandfather Diwan Tek Chand was a Diwan in the Darbar of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. His father, the late Diwan Dilbagh Rai was an Honorary Magistrate during the British regime and a prominent land owner. Dinesh got married in 1968 to Veena Tuli who was also a sportswomen.
Their Son, Rakesh Khanna, represented Delhi state in the National Badminton championship and their daughter, Ritika was selected to represent Delhi University in Badminton.
Education: Dinesh Khanna is an alumnus of Hindu College (Amritsar), and Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh (PEC, now a deemed University) from where he completed his engineering degree Bsc. Civil engineering in 1965. He was honoured by PEC in 2017 with distinguished Alumnus Award.
Profession: Served in Indian Oil Corporation and retired as General Manager in 2003.
