Priyanka Chopra was born on 18 July 1982 in Jamshedpur, Bihar (present-day Jharkhand), to Ashok and Madhu Chopra, both physicians in the Indian Army. She started her early education in Bareilly before moving to United States at the age of 13. After 3 years, Chopra returned to India, finishing the senior year of her high-school education at the Army Public School in Bareilly.