I whanau a Maneka ki Delhi i roto i te whanau Sikh. Ko tana papa ko te Indian Army officer Lt. Col. Tarlochan Singh Anand, ko tona whaea ko Amteshwar Anand. I haere ia ki te Kura o Lawrence, a muri ake nei ko Lady Shri Ram College for Women. I ako ia i te Tiamana i te Whare Wananga o Jawaharlal Nehru, New Delhi. I tutaki ia ki a Sanjay Gandhi i te huihuinga kokiri i tukuna e te matua keke o Maneka, Major-General Kapur hei whakanui i te marena o tana tama a Veenu Kapur i te tau 1973. I te mutunga ka marena a Maneka ki a Sanjay, te tama a te Pirimia Indira Gandhi i te tau kotahi i muri mai i te 23 o Mahuru 1974. I kite te Emergency i te pikinga o Sanjay ki te kaupapa torangapu, a ka kitea a Maneka me ia i nga wa katoa i runga i tana kaitiaki i a ia e awhina ana i nga kaupapa. E kiia ana i te wa o te Emergency, i whakahaerehia e Sanjay Gandhi te mana katoa o tona kaawanatanga, ana ko tana whaea i whakahaerehia
Ko te Kura o Lawrence me muri mai ko Lady Shri Ram College for Women