Kanwal Thakur Singh

Kanwal Thakar Singh (born Kanwal Thakar Kaur; born 2 November 1954) is a former Indian badminton player and an Arjuna Award recipient. She presently lives in the United States of America.

Early life Singh was born on 2 November 1954 in Chandigarh, India into a Jat Sikh family to an Army officer Colonel Thakur Singh Sandhu and theatre actress Diljit Kaur. Singh's sister Kirron Kher is a Bollywood actress and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Education Singh was bright in her studies and finished her postgraduate degree in history from the Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Chandigarh. She was a topper in her class.

Ami Ghia and Singh reached the quarterfinals at the All England Championship in 1979 where they lost to the top seeded Indonesian pair of Verawati Vaharo and Imelda Wigeono.

In 1981, Singh won gold in the doubles and then a bronze in the 1982 New Delhi Asian Games, both in the team and mixed doubles events.

In July 2002, she became the Chief Patron of the Chandigarh Badminton Players Welfare Association.

Awards In 1977–78, Singh was the recipient of the Arjuna Award. She also won the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Award.