Maneka mụrụ na Delhi n'ime ezinụlọ Sikh. Nna ya bụ onye ọrụ ndị agha India bụ Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand na nne ya bụ Amteshwar Anand. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Lawrence na mgbe e mesịrị Lady Shri Ram College for Women. O mechara mụọ German na Mahadum Jawaharlal Nehru, New Delhi. O buru ụzọ zute Sanjay Gandhi na oriri mmanya nke nna nna ya bụ Major-General Kapur tụbara iji mee ememe agbamakwụkwọ nwa ya nwoke Veenu Kapur na 1973. Maneka mechara lụọ Sanjay, nwa nke Prime Minister Indira Gandhi otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị na 23 Septemba 1974. Mberede ahụ hụrụ Sanjay na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na Maneka hụrụ ya na ya ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ oge ọ bụla na nne ya ka ọ na-enyere ya aka na mkpọsa. A na-ekwu na n'oge Mberede ahụ, Sanjay Gandhi nwere njikwa zuru oke na gọọmentị nne ya na-achịkwa agụmakwụkwọ ya kama ịbụ PM.
Ụlọ akwụkwọ Lawrence na mgbe e mesịrị Lady Shri Ram College for Women