[5] She was born at Kotgarh village of Kumarsain tehsil in Shimla District of Himachal Pradesh, India on 8 December 1927.
Lal Chand Stokes who was a Horticulturist, social worker and Former MLA from Theog Assembly Constituency in 1972.
She is the daughter-in-law of noted social worker Satyananda Stokes (an American settled in India), who later became a pioneer in horticulture in Himachal Pradesh.
[6] She has two sons and one daughter who live in the U.S. Vidya Stokes at the age of 83 was elected Hockey India president on 5 August 2010[7] after defeating Pargat Singh.
She is the oldest winner in Himachal Pradesh and has won in the assembly elections for the eighth time in the year 2012.