- Changed his name from Chaman Lal Kohli to Dev Kumar for his career.
- Dev born in 1928 at village Dameli distt. Jhelum (now in Pakistan).
- Worked in Army ,Police force and customs anti smuggling before being an actor.
- Today his grandson (From first marriage) have a medical shop at same place (opp Khanna cinema).
- His first wife was lived Paharh Ganj Delhi (opposite Khanna cinema).
- Cousin of Lyricist Anand Bakshi.
- Father of actress Maneesha Kohli (From Dev's second marriage).She debuted in Do Ghulab.
- Wife's name is Namrata.
- Passed away from heart attack.
- In his early days did street plays in Delhi.
- Started as a hero in films in early career.
- Was motivational speaker at many events.
- Born as Chammanlal Kohli and was fan of Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand so kept his name as Dev Kumar for films.
- On 17 September 1990 he had a motivational speech at Mumbai's KC College.After giving the speech he returned back to sit on his chair where he suffered a massive heart attack and passed away.
- Debuted as a hero in Mera Lal 1966.
- In 1971 in quit Hindi films and went to work in Hollywood.But returned back in 1972.
- Dev Kumar has one Granddaughter. Her name's Uma Rajadhyaksha she's 15 years old and was born on 28/01/06. Uma has never seen her grandfather since he passed away before she was born. She was adopted by Rajni (Dev Kumar's daughter from his second marriage) and Sanjiv. Uma was 1 year old at that time.
- Son named Veer Karan Kohli , who was born from Dev's first marriage. Veer has a daughter named Kanika Kohli.
- Dev Kumar had 2 daughter's from his first marriage. Their names are Praveen Kanta Kohli and Madhumita Kohli. They lived in Delhi.
- Dev Kumar's daughter Divya Kohli (from his second marriage),danced with Prema Narayan in a song in the movie "Devar Bhabi". She now owns the world famous company Salon and Spa Studio by Tangyrose".
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