Kapil Dev: Difference between revisions

Dev was born as [[Hindu]] [[Jat]] Family Kapil Dev Nikhanj to Ram Lal Nikhanj, a prominent timber merchant and his wife Raj Kumari in [[Chandigarh]] on 6 January 1959. His mother was born in Pakpattan, in the town of the Sufi saint [[Fariduddin Ganjshakar|Baba Farid]]. His father was from Dipalpur. They lived in Shah Yakka which is now in [[Okara District|Okara district]] Pakistan. His four sisters were born there before [[Partition of India|partition]] and his two brothers in [[Fazilka]], where they moved after partition. His father spent his early life after the partition in [[Fazilka]]. They moved to the capital city [[Chandigarh]]. Dev was a student at D.A.V. School and joined Desh Prem Azad in 1971.