Sheila Kapoor was born on 31 March 1938 in Kapurthala, Punjab into a Punjabi Khatri family. She was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in history from the Miranda House at the University of Delhi. She passed away on July 20th 2019, at around 3:30pm following cardiac arrest.

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