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Chander Chopra had married twice. His first wife was Vidyawati Chopra, a lady from a decent family belonging to his own community, and the match was arranged by their families in the usual Indian way. They had three children together, two daughters and one son.
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academic. Siddiqui was the mother of a son born of her earlier marriage, and the boy was raised in
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