Shiela Gujral
Sheila Gujral (24 December 1924 – 11 July 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.
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Shiela Gujral
- Name
- Sheila Gujral
- Born
- 24 December 1924
- Birthplace
- Lahore, British India
- Died
- 11 July 2011
- Place of death
- Delhi, India
- Nationality
- India
- Occupation
- poet · writer
- Languages
- Hindi · Punjabi · English
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Sheila Gujral (24 December 1924 – 11 July 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.
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• Name — Sheila Gujral • Office — Spouse of the Prime Minister of India • Term Label — In role • Term Start — 21 April 1997 • Term End — 19 March 1998 • Prime Minister — Inder Kumar Gujral • Predecessor — Chennamma Deve Gowda • Successor — Gursharan Kaur • Children — 2, including Naresh Gujral • Relatives — Avtar Narain Gujral (father-in-law) Satish Gujral (brother-in-law) • Born — 24 December 1924 • Birthplace — Lahore, British India • Died — 11 July 2011 • Place of death — Delhi, India • Illustration — The President of India, K R Narayanan receiving a Copy of the Book "My Years in USSR" from Sheila Gujral
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Early 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. They had two sons, Naresh Gujral (born 19 May 1948), who is a former Rajya Sabha MP, and Vishal Gujral. 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.
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Shiela Gujral was born at Lahore.
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Shiela Gujral died at Delhi.
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She is recipient of International Poets Academy's Life Time Achievement Award and Golden Poet Award.
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- 1.Shri Inder Kumar Gujral Prime Minister of India. Prime Minister of India.
- 2.Taylor & Francis. International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. 2003. 978-1-85743-178-0.
- 3.Taylor & Francis. International Who's Who in Poetry 2005. 2004. 978-1-85743-269-5.
- 4.Shri Inder Kumar Gujral Prime Minister of India.
- 5.Publications, Europa. International Who's Who in Poetry 2004. Taylor & Francis. 2003. 9781857431780.
- 6.Sheila Gujral passes away. The Hindu. PTI. 2011-07-11. 0971-751X.
- 7.Sheila Gujral Dead. India TV. 2011-07-11.
- 8.Sheila Gujral no more. The Indian Express. 2011-07-11.
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