Sheila Gujral (24 December 1924 – 11 July 2011) was an Indian poet and writer in

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and English. She was also a social worker and the wife of

Inder Kumar Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian diplomat, politician, and anti-colonial independence activist, who served as prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. Born in Punjab, he was influenced by ...

, the 12th

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Early life

Sheila Gujral was born on 24 January 1924 in

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and was married to

, the son of politician Avtar Narain Gujral, on 26 May 1945. They had two sons,

Naresh Gujral Naresh Gujral (born 19 May 1948) is a Chartered Accountant, Shiromani Akali Dal party politician and former a member of the Parliament of India representing Punjab (India), Punjab in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. ...

(born 19 May 1948), who is a

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MP, and Vishal Gujral. Her brother-in-law,

Satish Gujral Satish Gujral (25 December 1925 – 26 March 2020) was an Indian painter, sculptor, muralist and writer of the post-independent era. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, in 1999. His ...

, was a noted Indian artist. On 11 July 2011, she died at her home in Delhi after a brief illness.

Awards

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

References

External links

Poetry by Sheila Gujral
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