Kapil Sharma
Early and personal life
Early and personal life
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Sharma was born in a [Punjabi](/wiki/Punjabis "Punjabis") family in the city of [Amritsar](/wiki/Amritsar "Amritsar") in [Punjab, India](/wiki/Punjab%2C_India "Punjab, India") as Kapil Punj. His father Jeetendra Kumar Punj was a head constable in Punjab Police, while his mother Janak Rani is a homemaker. His father was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and died in 2004 at [AIIMS](/wiki/AIIMS "AIIMS") in [Delhi](/wiki/Delhi "Delhi"). He studied at Shri Ram Ashram Senior Secondary School and Hindu College, in Amritsar. He is featured in the list of prominent alumni of Apeejay College of Fine Arts, Jalandhar. Sharma has a brother named Ashok Kumar Sharma, who is a police constable and a sister named Pooja Pawan Devgan.

[thumb\|upright\|Sharma with wife, Ginni Chatrath in 2018](/wiki/File:Kapil-Sharma-and-Ginni-Chatrath%E2%80%99s-wedding-reception.jpg "Kapil-Sharma-and-Ginni-Chatrath’s-wedding-reception.jpg")

Sharma married Ginni Chatrath in [Jalandhar](/wiki/Jalandhar "Jalandhar") on 12 December 2018\. They have two children – a daughter and a son.


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