Maneka an haife ta ne a Delhi a cikin dangin Sikh. Mahaifinta ya kasance jami'in Sojan Indiya Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand kuma mahaifiyarta Amteshwar Anand. Ta tafi Lawrence School kuma daga baya Lady Shri Ram College for Women. Daga baya ta yi karatun Jamusanci a Jami'ar Jawaharlal Nehru, New Delhi. Ta fara saduwa da Sanjay Gandhi a wani liyafar hadaddiyar giyar da babban kawun Maneka, Manjo Janar Kapur ya shirya don murnar auren dansa Veenu Kapur a shekara ta 1973. Maneka daga karshe ya auri Sanjay, dan Firayim Minista Indira Gandhi shekara guda daga baya a ranar 23 ga Satumba 1974.
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