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==Early and personal life== | ==Early and personal life== | ||
L. K. Advani was born in Karachi in a Sindhi Hindu family of businessmen<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111006183815/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/article.php?issue=20110930&page=7</ref> to parents Kishanchand D. Advani and Gyani Devi.[3] He completed his early schooling from Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi, and then enrolled in Government College Hyderabad, Sindh. His family migrated to India during Partition and settled down in Bombay, where he graduated in Law from the Government Law College of the Bombay University, where he became friends with Deewan Parmanand Gangwani, and considered him, Ram Jethmalani and A.K Brohi the best lawyers produced by Government Law College.<ref>http://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=9</ref> | L. K. Advani was born in Karachi in a Sindhi Hindu family of businessmen<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20111006183815/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/article.php?issue=20110930&page=7</ref> to parents Kishanchand D. Advani and Gyani Devi.[3] He completed his early schooling from Saint Patrick's High School, Karachi, and then enrolled in Government College Hyderabad, Sindh. His family migrated to India during Partition and settled down in Bombay, where he graduated in Law from the Government Law College of the Bombay University, where he became friends with Deewan Parmanand Gangwani, and considered him, Ram Jethmalani and A.K Brohi the best lawyers produced by Government Law College.<ref>http://archive.india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=9</ref> | ||
He married Kamla Advani (1932–2016) in February 1965. He has a son, Jayant, and a daughter, Pratibha.<ref>{{cite news |title=Will LK Advani's son live up to his father's image? |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/will-lk-advanis-son-live-up-to-his-fathers-image-1523797.html |access-date=5 April 2019 |work=Firstpost |date=14 May 2014}}</ref> Pratibha Advani produces TV serial shows, and also supports her father in his political activities.{{Citation needed|reason=a citation is needed for this statement|date=July 2017}} His wife died on 6 April 2016 due to old age.<ref>{{cite news |title=LK Advani bids adieu to wife Kamla; Swaraj, Manmohan, Amit Shah at funeral |url=https://indianexpress.com/photos/picture-gallery-others/l-k-advanis-wife-kamla-advani-passes-aways-rare-family-pics/ |access-date=5 April 2019 |work=The Indian Express |date=7 April 2016 }}</ref> Despite no longer being an MP, Advani lives in an official bungalow in Delhi due to security considerations, as of June 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roy Chaudhury|first=Dipanjan|date=29 June 2019|title=Lutyens' Zone: Sushma Swaraj to vacate, LK Advani & MM Joshi may retain bungalows|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lutyens-zone-sushma-swaraj-to-vacate-lk-advani-mm-joshi-may-retain-bungalows/articleshow/69998385.cms|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||