Sheila Gujral

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Shiela Gujral

| image = Sheila Gujral (cropped).png

| office = Spouse of the Prime Minister of India

| term_label = In role

| term_start = 21 April 1997

| term_end = 19 March 1998

| order =

| primeminister = Inder Kumar Gujral

| predecessor = Chennamma Deve Gowda

| successor = Gursharan Kaur

| spouse = {{marriage|Inder Kumar Gujral|1945}}

| children = 2, including Naresh Gujral

| relatives = Avtar Narain Gujral (father-in-law)
Satish Gujral (brother-in-law)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|12|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lahore, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|07|11|1924|12|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Delhi, India

}}

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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.{{Cite web |title=Shri Inder Kumar Gujral {{!}} Prime Minister of India |url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former_pm/shri-inder-kumar-gujral/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=Prime Minister of India}}{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhXmEYWHDHYC&q=Shiela+Gujral+1924&pg=PA133 |title=International Who's Who in Poetry 2004 |date=2003 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-85743-178-0 |language=en}}

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.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EcinRfSQImAC&dq=golden+poet+award+Shiela+Gujral&pg=PA643 |title=International Who's Who in Poetry 2005 |date=2004 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-85743-269-5 |language=en}} They had two sons, Naresh Gujral (born 19 May 1948), who is a Rajya Sabha MP, and Vishal Gujral.{{cite web| url = http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former_pm/shri-inder-kumar-gujral/| title = Shri Inder Kumar Gujral {{!}} Prime Minister of India}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhXmEYWHDHYC&q=Shiela+Gujral+1924&pg=PA133 |title = International Who's Who in Poetry 2004|isbn = 9781857431780|last1 = Publications|first1 = Europa|year = 2003| publisher=Taylor & Francis }}

Her brother-in-law, Satish Gujral, was a noted Indian artist.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

On 11 July 2011, she died at her home in Delhi after a brief illness.{{Cite news |agency=PTI |date=2011-07-11 |title=Sheila Gujral passes away |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sheila-gujral-passes-away/article2219383.ece |access-date=2022-09-27 |issn=0971-751X}}

Awards

She is recipient of International Poets Academy's Life Time Achievement Award and Golden Poet Award.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2011-07-11 |title=Sheila Gujral Dead |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/sheila-gujral-dead-9069.html |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=India TV |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2011-07-11 |title=Sheila Gujral no more |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/latest-news/sheila-gujral-no-more/ |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}