Biography of Vishwanathan Anand | Personal Life of Vishwanathan Anand

Chess Player Vishwanathan Anand

Vishwanathan Anand is one of the greatest sports personalities of India. In fact Vishwanathan Anand has received the highest sports award, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, as well as the second highest civilian award, the Padma Bibhushan, from the Government of India as a recognition of his immense contribution in sports and making India taking pride in his success.

Nevertheless, we know a whole lot about the career of Vishwanathan Anand, but most of us overlook the personal life of Vishwanathan Anand. This often happens with celebrities. We tend to judge them within their own paradigms and often forget that they are human beings, that they have their own personal lives, that they too are sons and daughter and fathers and mothers in their respective family lives. Here, TamilSpider comes up with a less known account of the personal life of Vishwanathan Anand.

Little Anand

Vishwanathan Anand in His Childhood

Personal Life of Vishwanathan Anand

Date of Birth of Viswanathan Anand: 11 December, 1969. At present, he is 40 years of age.
Place of Birth of Vishwanathan Anand: Mayiladuthurai, Tamlinadu, India. Though within a few years the family of Vishwanathan Anand shifted to Chennai, erstwhile Madras, where Vishwanathan Anand has grown up.
Father of Vishwanathan Anand: Vishwanathan Iyer. He was a general manager of the Southern Railways, and had retired from his job with that same designation.
Mother of Viswanathan Anand: Susheela Iyer. She was a housewife as well as an influential socialite.
Brother of Vishwanathan Anand: Shivakumar. He is the manager of the Crompton Greaves India.
Sister of Vishwanathan Anand: Anuradha. She is a professor at the University of Michigan, United States.

Anand Family

Vishwanathan Anand with His Family

First Chess Teacher of Vishwanathan Anand: His mother, Susheela.
School of Vishwanathan Anand: Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai.
College of Viswanathan Anand: Loyola College, Chennai. Anand is a commerce graduate.
Wife of Vishwanathan Anand: Aruna Anand. Presently she lives with her husband in Collade Mediano in Spain.

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