Nirmal Saini

Nirmal (Saini) Milkha Singh or Nirmal Kaur was the Indian Women's Volleyball Team Captain.

Biography

She was born October 10, 1938 in Sheikhupura, Punjab (now part of Pakistan). She was Director of Sports for Women in the State Department. She graduated from Punjab University with a master's degree in Political Science in 1958.

Personal

Nirmal Saini later married the "Flying Sikh" Milkha Singh.[1] She is also the mother of world-renowned golf player Jeev Milkha Singh and lives in Chandigarh.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra". Tribuneindia.com. 2006-11-04. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
  2. ↑ "Swinging star". The Telegraph. February 22, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Jeev Milkha Singh," the south-asian.com June 2002.
  4. ↑ "Carry on, Jeev," The Telegraph (Calcutta, India), 4 November 2006.
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