Ashok Chopra (Priyanka Chopra’s father)
Ashok Chopra (Priyanka Chopra’s father) wiki, death reason, brother, profession, wife, family, education & more
| Biography | |
|---|---|
| Name | Ashok Chopra |
| Full Name | Dr. Lt. Col. Ashok Chopra |
| Profession | Surgeon in Indian Army |
| Famous for | Being Priyanka Chopra’s father |
| Date of Birth | August 23, 1950 |
| Birth Place | Ambala Cantt, Haryana, India |
| Date of Death | June 10, 2013 (aged 62 years) |
| Place of Death | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Cause of Death | Cancer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Caste | Khatri |
| Mother Tongue | Punjabi |
| Zodiac | Virgo |
| Height | in centimeters- 178 cm in meters- 1.78 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 10in |
| Eye Color | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Family and Marriage Details | |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Wife | Madhu Chopra |
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| Marriage Date | February 19, 1981 |
| Children | |
| Daughter(s) | Priyanka Chopra |
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| Son(s) | Siddharth Chopra |
| Parents | |
| Father | Kasturi Lal Chopra (Army Officer) |
| Mother | Champa Wati Chopra |
| Sibling(s) | |
| Sister(s) | Kamini Chopra Handa |
| Brother(s) | Pawan Chopra |
| Cousin(s) | Rajesh Chopra Sudesh Chopra |
| Other Relative(s) | |
| Nephew(s) | Sahaj Chopra Shivang Chopra Vikram Chopra |
| Niece(s) | Parineeti Chopra Mannara Chopra Mitali Handa Cristy Chopra Meera Chopra Timsy Chopra |
| Grand Daughter(s) | Malti Marie Chopra Jonas |
| Son-in-law | Nick Jonas |
| Sister-in-law(s) | Reena Chopra Ranju Chopra Neelam Chopra Kiran Mathur |
| Education Details | |
| School | Not Known |
| College | Armed Forces Medical College (A.F.M.C.), Pune |
| Educational Qualification | M.B.B.S, M.S. |
| Other Details | |
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Dr. Ashok Chopra was an Indian army surgeon known for being the father of actress and former Miss World Priyanka Chopra. He was married to Dr. Madhu Chopra and the couple also has a son named Siddharth Chopra. 1 | |
| Ashok Chopra was born on 23 August 1950 to army officer Kasturi Lal Chopra and his wife Champa Wati Chopra in Ambala Cantt, Haryana. He has a brother named Pawan Chopra and a sister named Kamini Chopra Handa. | |
Chopra was also a good singer. He had conducted the school and won several singing competitions during his school days. | |
| He joined the Indian army in 1974 after completing his medical studies at Armed Forces Medical College (A.F.M.C.), Pune. | |
Ashok Chopra met Madhu Akhouri, who also worked as a physician in the Indian army at a party in 1981 and immediately fell in love with her. Ashok Chopra and Madhu Akhouri got married on 19 February 1981. | |
| After retiring from the army as a lieutenant colonel in 1997, Dr. Ashok Chopra opened three hospitals in Bareilly known as Kasturi Hospitals. | |
| Speaking on The Howard Stern Show, Priyanka revealed that during her mid-teen years when she returned from the US, her father Ashok Chopra put bars on her windows after a boy jumped onto her balcony at night. He also banned Priyanka from wearing tight clothes and asked her to wear only loose clothes or Indian suits. 2 | |
His daughter, Priyanka Chopra shared a very close bond with him and even has a tattoo on her wrist that read “Daddy’s Li’l Girl” in Ashok Chopra’s handwriting. | |
| Ashok Chopra died on 10 June 2013, after a very long battle with cancer in Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. Dr. Chopra was 62 years old and had been suffering from cancer since 2005 and was admitted to the hospital just days ago in a critical condition. 3 | |
References
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100004637700557[↩]
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/priyanka-chopra-recalls-her-dad-put-bars-on-windows-after-she-returned-to-india-from-us-at-16-one-of-the-boys-jumped-101683081147483.html[↩]
- https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/priyanka-chopras-father-dies-of-cancer-at-64-612259[↩]
