Nirmal Saini
Indian volleyball player (1938–2021)
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Nirmal Saini also known as Nirmal Milkha Singh(8 October 1938 – 13 June 2021) was an Indian volleyball player and captain of the India women's national volleyball team.[1] She was the wife of athlete Milkha Singh and the mother of Jeev Milkha Singh.
8 October 1938
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| Born | Nirmal Saini 8 October 1938 |
| Died | 13 June 2021 (aged 82) Mohali, India |
| Occupation | Volleyball player |
| Employer | Captain of the India women's national volleyball team |
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| Children | 5; including Jeev Milkha Singh |
Biography
She was born in Sheikhupura, Punjab (now part of Pakistan)[2]She was Director of Sports for Women in the State Department. She graduated from Panjab University with a master's degree in Political Science in 1958.[3]
Personal life
Nirmal Saini met Milkha Singh in 1955 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during a sports tournament. The then Chief Minister of Punjab Partap Singh Kairon persuaded her father to give his consent. They married in 1962. [4] .[5]The couple have 3 daughters and a son, golfer Jeev Milkha Singh and lived in Chandigarh. In 1999, they adopted the seven-year-old son of Havildar Bikram Singh, who had died in the Battle of Tiger Hill.[6][7][8]
She died on 13 June 2021, in Mohali, due to COVID-19 complications;[9] her husband died five days later, also from the virus.[2][1]