Gursharan Kaur
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Gursharan Kaur is the wife of the 18th and current Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh. Gurusharan was born to Sardar Chattar Singh Kohli, an employee of Burmah-Shell, and Sardarni Bhagwanti Kaur in 1937 in Pakistan. Her ancestral village was Dhakkam, near Chakwal in Pakistan. She has four sisters and a younger brother.She was educated in Guru Nanak Kanya Pathshala, the Government College for Women in Patiala, and Khalsa College, Amritsar. She married Dr. Manmohan Singh in 1958.
Mrs. Singh is known in the Sikh community of Delhi for her kirtan singing, and has also appeared on Jalandhar Radio.[1]
Since her husband became Prime Minister in 2004, she has accompanied him abroad on state visits. However, the family has largely stayed out of the limelight. Their three daughters - Upinder, Daman and Amrit, have successful, non-political, careers.[2] Upinder Singh is a professor of history at Delhi University. She has written six books, including Ancient Delhi (1999) and A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India (2008).[3] Daman Singh is a graduate of St. Stephen's College, Delhi and Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat, and author of The Last Frontier: People and Forests in Mizoram and a novel Nine by Nine.[4] Amrit Singh is a staff attorney at the ACLU.[5]
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- ^ First Lady for all seasons
- ^ "Dr. Manmohan Singh: Personal Profile". Prime Minister's Office, Government of India. http://www.pmindia.nic.in/meet.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ Raote, Rrishi (2008-10-10). "This Singh is King of History". Business Standard. http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=330920&chkFlg=. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ "Meet Dr. Singh's daughter". Rediff.com. 2009-01-28. http://specials.rediff.com/news/2009/jan/28slid1-dr-manmohan-singhs-daughter-daman-singh-turns-author.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
- ^ Rajghatta, Chidanand (2007-12-21). "PM's daughter puts White House in the dock". Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-2639327,prtpage-1.cms. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
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