| Nirmal Sainik | |
| Birth Name: | Nirmal Kaur Saini |
| Birth Date: | 1938 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sheikhupura, Punjab, British India |
| Death Place: | Mohali, India |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Occupation: | Volleyball player |
| Employer: | Captain of the India women's national volleyball team |
| Children: | 5; including Jeev Milkha Singh |
Nirmal Kaur Saini (8 October 1938 13 June 2021) was an Indian volleyball player and captain of the India women's national volleyball team. She was the wife of athlete Milkha Singh and the mother of Jeev Milkha Singh.
She was born on 8 October 1938, in Sheikhupura, Punjab (now part of Pakistan). 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.
Nirmal Saini later married Milkha Singh.[1] 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.[2] [3] [4]
She died on 13 June 2021, in Mohali, due to COVID-19; her husband died five days later, also from the virus.[5] [6]