Rajkumari Kaul
Rajkumari Kaul, (née Haksar) | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rajkumari Haksar 13 September 1925 |
| Died | May 3, 2014 (aged 88) New Delhi, India |
| Spouse |
Professor Brij Narain Kaul
(date missing) |
| Children | Nandita Nanda, Namita Bhattacharya (daughters) |
| Relatives | Indira Gandhi[1] |
| Family | Nehru–Gandhi family |
Rajkumari Kaul, (née Haksar; 13 September 1925 – 03 May 2014, was an Indian personality.[2]
About
[edit]Born Rajkumari Haksar, Mrs. Kaul was a blood relation of Indira Gandhi,[3] and a 'household member' of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's family,[4] and the mother of Vajpayee's adopted daughter Namita.[5][6] Political scientist Vinay Sitapati, in his book 'Jugalbandi: The BJP before Modi', writes "The heart of the relationship between Vajpayee and Rajkumari was intellectual. From a provincial north Indian milieu, Vajpayee was both perplexed by as well as attracted to an educated woman who could hold her own."[7]
Death
[edit]When she died on 03 May 2014, Atal Bihari Vajpayee bedridden after his 2009 stroke,[8] could not attend her last rites due to ill health but numerous political dignitaries viz. L K Advani, Sonia Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Jyotiraditya Scindia attended her last rites. RSS pracharak Ramlal was also present.
References
[edit]- ^ Sitapati, Vinay (2020-11-23). Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-989-7.
- ^ Sitapati, Vinay (2018-08-17). "The influences of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's life". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ Sitapati, Vinay (2020-11-23). Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-989-7.
- ^ GHOSE, SAGARIKA (2022-01-18). "'Vajpayeeji, can you tell us about Mrs Kaul?'". Rediff. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Ananya (20 August 2018). "Who was Mrs Kaul? The Atal friendship Indian politics will never forget". India Today. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ Thapar, Karan (20 August 2018). "Vajpayee's Biographer on Former PM's Adulterous Relationship, Lovechild, Views on Gandhi". The Wire. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
- ^ "When the Vajpayee 'parivar' made the Sangh Parivar uneasy". The Times of India. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Mrs Kaul, Delhi's most famous unknown other half, passes away". The Indian Express. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
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