If you didn’t already know (and from what I gather many don’t know): Nikki Haley is an Indian (the ones from India).
Her real name is Nimarata Nikki and her maiden name is Randhawa (she married William Michael Haley in 1996). She and her husband both (upon Nikki’s insistence of) go by their middle names (i.e., Nikki and Michael).
Nikki Haley’s parents were born in Punjab, India.
Father: Ajit Singh Randhawa
Mother: Raj Kaur Randhawa
As adults her father and mother moved to Canada in the mid-1960s and then to the US (South Carolina) in 1969.
Nikki was born a few years later on January 20, 1972.
Were her parents (or at least one of them) US Citizens at the time (1972)? Is Nimarata Nikki Haley a Natural Born Citizen? Is Nimarata Nikki Randhawa eligible to become the President of the United States of America?
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I doubt she’s a Natural Born Citizen. Nikki Haley is most likely ineligible to become POTUS.
I’m looking for more information information about Haley’s parents. Preferably something from a source in India or at least something published several or more years ago. I haven’t found much but this looks like a source in India: sarkariexam.com/who-are-nikki-haleys-parents-what-nationality-is-nikki-haley-parents/408581
From the picture can we assume that her daughter is a race mixer?
Found a good article from India published in 2010: tribuneindia.com/2010/20101107/main6.htm and also saved it at the WayBack Machine.
Nikki’s first name is spelled “Nimrata” (rather than “Nimarata“) in the article:
Though the country celebrated Divali yesterday, the Randhawa households at Bebeksar Road and Verka have been rejoicing well in advance since November 3 when the news of Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley getting elected as Governor of South Carolina in the US came in.
We learn the names of some of her family, for example: … Nikki’s ‘Tayajee’ (paternal uncle) 89-year-old Preetam Singh Randhawa…
There’s names of other family members, dates (years) of international travel and even a statement about [Barack] Obama and that if he (Obama) can do it, so can Haley! – “If Obama can, Nikki can too,” chipped in Paramjeet’s son Mandeep Singh.
View the full article at the above link (and if reading in the future and their site is gone, use the Wayback Machine link).
From the same above linked article, here’s a picture of Nikki’s relatives celebrate in Amritsar. Photo: Vishal Kumar
David Peisky wrote:
Great find @ David Peisky! The following are notes I’ve made just now form the Nikki Haley related article you found:
– The Randhawa household is/was(2010) located near the city of Amritsar (population over a million) in Verka (it looks like Verka is a suburb of Amritsar) somewhere on Bebeksar Road. Punjab, India
– Nikki’s “Tayajee” (or paternal uncle, age 89 at the time) is Preetam Singh Randhawa. He’s the elder brother of Nikki’s father. Preetman’s oldest son is Kanwaljeet Singh Randhawa. He has another son named Mandeep Singh and his wife is named Jasbir Kaur.
– Mandeep Singh and Jasbir Kaur state that, “We have already got the sponsorship documents and will appear for interview for the US visa on November 12, [2010]” to attend Nikki’s swearing-in ceremony as the South Carolina Governor on January 1, 2011.
– Nikki visited Amritsar (Punjab, India) at the age of four.
– Sometime in 2010 or after 2010 Nikki might visit India to visit someone named Sri Harmandar Sahib.
– Nikki’s father was working as a teacher at Punjab Agriculture University (PAU), Ludhiana, in late 1950s.
The Randhawa’s “ancestral house” was at Pandori Ransingh village in Tarn Taran district. (This is also in Punjab, India).
– Nikki’s father worked in the PAU for a couple of years, then moved to Canada to get a Ph.D and then moved to the US.
– At some point in time (not sure when) Nikki’s family stayed at her maternal grandparents’ house at Katra Dal Singh area in Amritsar for some time and her brother Harmeet Singh alias Mitti was born in the Holy City.
– Nikki’s father last visited Amritsar in 1990s in regard to a claim of the Katra Dal Singh residence. He also owned 7 acres of land at Bairowal village, which got involved in a legal tangle and later Paramjeet (Nikki’s uncle) sorted out the matter on his behalf.
– Nikki’s uncle is retired in 2008 as the principal of Government Senior Secondary School, Chaba. He has two sons and a daughter (no name listed for the daughter).