Shiela Gujral
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| Spouse of the Prime Minister of India | |
| In role 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| Preceded by | Chennamma Deve Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Gursharan Kaur |
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| Born | (1924-12-24)24 December 1924 Lahore, British India |
| Died | 11 July 2011(2011-07-11) (aged 86) Delhi, India |
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(m. 1945) |
| Children | 2, including Naresh Gujral |
| Relatives | Avtar Narain Gujral (father-in-law) Satish Gujral (brother-in-law) |
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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]
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.[citation needed]
On 11 July 2011, she died at her home in Delhi after a brief illness.[6]
She is recipient of International Poets Academy's Life Time Achievement Award and Golden Poet Award.[7][8]
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