Arjun Rampal - Early Life

Early Life

Arjun Rampal was born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India on 26 November 1972.He comes from a Ramgariha Sikh Punjabi background. His father is Amarjeet Rampal, a Sikh and his mother is Gwen Rampal, a Dutch woman.

Arjun along with his sister attended the Kodaikanal International School situated at Palani Hills in Tamil Nadu, where his mother was a teacher.. His maternal grandmother is from Holland who got married to his grandfather while he was fighting Japanese invasion at Burma. They got divorced and his mother brought him up as a single parent. His maternal grandfather, Brigadier Gurdayal Singh, was an army personality, an efficient engineer, he had contributed in making guns for GCF factory situated in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradhesh. The factory has a special gun named after his grandfather. The gun is named ‘Gurdayal Gun.. He had spent his teenage days at Devlali, Nasik, where his grandfather got settled after retirement. His mother was a teacher in the school at the time. Arjun went on to complete his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Hindu College in Delhi.

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