Personal Life
Jain was born in Mysore, the daughter of M. A. Sreenivasan, sometime Dewan (Premier) of the princely state of Gwalior. a civil servant. Her paternal grandfather, Sir M. Madhava Rao, had been Dewan of Mysore state.
Jain studied at various convent schools in India and graduated with a degree in economics from Oxford University. She then taught that subject at Delhi University for several years. She married Lakshmi Chand Jain when she was 33 years old, which is late by Indian standards. Blessed with two sons, Jain resigned her job in 1969 to care for her family.
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