Teji Bachchan
{{short description|Amitabh Bachchan's mother}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Teji Bachchan
| image = Teji Suri Bachchan.jpeg
| caption =
| birth_name = Teji Suri
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|08|12|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Lyallpur, Punjab, British India
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2007|12|21|1914|08|12}}
| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
| nationality = Indian
| occupation = Social activist
| spouse = {{marriage|Harivansh Rai Bachchan|1941|2003|end=his death}}
| children = 2 (including Amitabh Bachchan)
| relatives = Bachchan family
|father=Sardar Khazan Singh Suri{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/amitabh-bachchan-remembers-his-late-mother-who-sang-him-the-gurbani-on-gurpurub-724581.html|title = Amitabh Bachchan remembers his late mother who sang him the Gurbani on Gurpurub|date = 7 November 2014}}
}}
Teji Harivansh Rai Srivastava Bachchan (née Teji Suri; 12 August 1914 {{endash}} 21 December 2007) was an Indian social activist, the wife of Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.{{Cite web|url=http://dailyasianage.com/news/79500/?regenerate|title=Teji Suri Bachchan {{!}} The Asian Age Online, Bangladesh|website=The Asian Age|language=en|access-date=2020-02-22}}
Biography
Teji was Born into a Punjabi Sikh Khatri family in Lyallpur, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan).{{cite web|url=http://www.in.com/news/entertainment-news/fullstory-amitabh-bachchan-reminisenses-his-mothers-lohri-festival-stories-17078997-6bb96a8fe84ccb55a201702d925af7a339fb6c0d-rhp.html|title=Amitabh Bachchan reminisenses his mothers lohri festival stories|last=India|first=Frontier|date=13 January 2011|publisher=in.com|page=1|accessdate=10 February 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713022342/http://www.in.com/news/entertainment-news/fullstory-amitabh-bachchan-reminisenses-his-mothers-lohri-festival-stories-17078997-6bb96a8fe84ccb55a201702d925af7a339fb6c0d-rhp.html|archivedate=13 July 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.amarujala.com/shakti/teji-bachchan-biography-in-hindi-amitabh-bachchan-mother-life-story|title=Teji Bachchan: अमिताभ की मां के बारे में जानें रोचक बातें, पति और बेटे से अलग तेजी बच्चन ने बनाई अपनी पहचान|date=21 December 2021|newspaper=Amar Ujala|language=Hindi|quote=तेजी बच्चन का असली नाम तेजवंत कौर सूरी था। उनका जन्म ब्रिटिश भारत के पंजाब में हुआ था। यहां लायलपुर में एक पंजाबी सिख खत्री परिवार में 12 अगस्त 1914 को तेजी बच्चन ने जन्म लिया।}} After completing her education, she took a job teaching psychology at Khoob Chand Degree College, Lahore. She met Harivansh Srivastava, then a lecturer of English at Allahabad University, when he attended a college event in Lahore. The couple got married in Allahabad in 1941, and upon her wedding, Teji became a home maker. She remained a lover of the stage, and she would also sing at social gatherings if pressed. During his lifetime, Harivansh remained completely engrossed in his work, leaving his wife to handle all family matters. Even in social engagements, the poet willingly played a minor role to his sociable wife.{{cite web|title=Teji Bachchan: Indira's friend|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/teji-bachchan-indira-s-friend-news-bollywood-kkfulwhfgfhsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102193946/http://www.sify.com/movies/teji-bachchan-indira-s-friend-news-bollywood-kkfulwhfgfhsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 November 2015|accessdate=21 July 2011|work=Sify}} The Bachchans had two sons: Amitabh Bachchan and Ajitabh Bachchan.
The Bachchans were a part of India's literary circuit and high society.{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/the-poets-poem/253088/|title='The poet's poem'|work=Express India|accessdate=21 July 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121144959/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/the-poets-poem/253088/|archivedate=21 November 2010}} The couple sang at events.{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030120/nation.htm|title=Nation|date=20 January 2003|work=The Tribune|accessdate=21 July 2011}}
Teji played Lady Macbeth in her husband's Hindi adaptation of Macbeth. They also played a cameo appearance in Yash Chopra's 1976 film, Kabhi Kabhie.
She was also appointed as one of the Directors of the Film Finance Corporation in 1973. The Film Finance Corporation of India (and its successor National Film Development Corporation of India), a Government of India undertaking's main objective was to finance the production of purposeful films of good quality with a view to improving the general standards of the medium.[http://www.screenindia.com/news/brief-encounters-with-mrs-teji-bachchan/272926/ Brief encounters with Mrs Teji Bachchan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926135654/http://www.screenindia.com/news/brief-encounters-with-mrs-teji-bachchan/272926/ |date=26 September 2009 }}
Bachchan was in the Lilavati Hospital for almost the whole of the year 2007 and she was shifted to the ICU in November 2007 after her condition became worse.{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=70254|title=Amitabh's mother Teji Bachchan hospitalised|work=Express India|accessdate=21 July 2011}} She died at the age of 93 on 21 December 2007 after a prolonged illness.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2640410.cms|title=Teji Bachchan passes away|work=Indiatimes|accessdate=21 July 2011|date=21 December 2007}}
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Category:Indian human rights activists
Category:People from Faisalabad
Category:Women Indian independence activists
Category:Indian independence activists from Punjab Province (British India)
Category:Indian independence activists from Uttar Pradesh