Nirmal Kaur Saini (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.

Biography

She was born on 8 October 1938, 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.

Personal life

Nirmal Saini later married Milkha Singh.^[3] She was the mother of 3 daughters and 1 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.^[4][5][6]

She died on 13 June 2021, in Mohali, due to COVID-19; her husband died five days later, also from the virus.^[2][1]

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