Shiela Gujral
Spouse of the Prime Minister of India
In role
21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998
Prime MinisterInder Kumar Gujral
Preceded byChennamma Deve Gowda
Succeeded byGursharan Kaur
Personal details
Born(1924-12-24)24 December 1924
Lahore, British India
Died11 July 2011(2011-07-11) (aged 86)
Delhi, India
Spouse
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(m. 1945)​
Children2, including Naresh Gujral
RelativesAvtar Narain Gujral (father-in-law)
Satish Gujral (brother-in-law)
The President of India, K R Narayanan receiving a Copy of the Book "My Years in USSR" from Sheila Gujral

Sheila Gujral (1924–2011) was an Indian poet and writer in Hindi, Punjabi and English. She was also a social worker and the wife of Inder Kumar Gujral, the 12th Prime Minister of India.[1][2]

Personal life

Sheila Gujral was born on 24 January 1924 in Lahore and was married to Inder Kumar Gujral, the son of politician Avtar Narain Gujral, on 26 May 1945.[3] They had two sons, Naresh Gujral (born 19 May 1948), who is a Rajya Sabha MP, and Vishal Gujral.[4][5]

Her brother-in-law, Satish Gujral, was a noted Indian artist.

On 11 July 2011, she died at her home in Delhi after a brief illness.[6]

Awards

She is recipient of International Poets Academy's Life Time Achievement Award and Golden Poet Award.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Shri Inder Kumar Gujral | Prime Minister of India". Prime Minister of India. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis. 2003. ISBN 978-1-85743-178-0.
  3. ↑ International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. Taylor & Francis. 2004. ISBN 978-1-85743-269-5.
  4. ↑ "Shri Inder Kumar Gujral | Prime Minister of India".
  5. ↑ Publications, Europa (2003). International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. ISBN 9781857431780.
  6. ↑ "Sheila Gujral passes away". The Hindu. PTI. 11 July 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 September 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ↑ "Sheila Gujral Dead". India TV. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Sheila Gujral no more". The Indian Express. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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