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{{Short description|Indian volleyball player and captain of the India women's national volleyball team}}{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2018}}{{Infobox person
| name = Nirmal Saini
| birth_name = Nirmal Kaur Saini
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1938|10|8}}
| birth_place = [[Sheikhupura]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br>{{small|(present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2021|06|13|1938|10|8}}
| death_place = [[Mohali]], India
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| occupation = [[Volleyball]] player
| employer = Captain of the [[India women's national volleyball team]]
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Milkha Singh]]|1963}}
| children = 5; including [[Jeev Milkha Singh]]
}}

'''Nirmal Kaur Saini''' (8 October 1938 {{endash}} 13 June 2021) was an Indian volleyball player and captain of the [[India women's national volleyball team]].<ref name=":0" /> 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, India|Punjab]] (now part of Pakistan).<ref name=":1" /> 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061104/saturday/main1.htm |title=The Tribune - Magazine section - Saturday Extra |publisher=Tribuneindia.com |date=4 November 2006 |accessdate=20 September 2009}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Swinging star |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1090222/jsp/graphiti/story_10570835.jsp |newspaper=The Telegraph | location=India | first=Chitra | last=Papnai | date=22 February 2009 | accessdate=20 March 2018 }}</ref><ref name="soutasian">[http://www.the-south-asian.com/June2002/Jeev_Milkha_Singh.htm "Jeev Milkha Singh,"] ''the south-asian.com'' June 2002.</ref><ref name="calcutta">[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061104/asp/opinion/story_6955314.asp "Carry on, Jeev,"] ''The Telegraph'' (Calcutta, India), 4 November 2006.</ref>

She died on 13 June 2021, due to [[COVID-19]] in [[Mohali]]; her husband died five days later.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=13 June 2021|title=Nirmal Kaur, Milkha Singh's wife, dies after fighting Covid-19 for 3 weeks|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nirmal-kaur-milkha-singh-s-wife-dies-after-fighting-covid-19-for-3-weeks-101623599387780.html|access-date=13 June 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Legendary sprinter Milkha Singh's wife Nirmal dies due to COVID-19 complications {{!}} Off the field News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/legendary-sprinter-milkha-singhs-wife-nirmal-dies-due-to-covid-19-complications/articleshow/83487179.cms|url-status=live|access-date=13 June 2021|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Indian women's volleyball players]]
[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:People from Sheikhupura]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Volleyball players from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian women]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]

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