| Rajkumari Kaul, (née Haksar) | |
|---|---|
| Born | Rajkumari Haksar (1925-09-13)13 September 1925 |
| Died | May 3, 2014(2014-05-03) (aged 88) New Delhi, India |
| Spouse |
Professor Brij Narain Kaul
(date missing) |
| Children | Nandita Nanda, Namita Bhattacharya (daughters) |
| Relatives | Indira Gandhi |
| Family | Nehru–Gandhi family |
Rajkumari Kaul, (née Haksar; 13 September 1925 – 03 May 2014, was an Indian personality.
About
Born Rajkumari Haksar, Mrs. Kaul was a blood relation of Indira Gandhi, and a 'household member' of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's family, and the mother of Vajpayee's adopted daughter Namita. 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."
Death
When she died on 03 May 2014, Atal Bihari Vajpayee bedridden after his 2009 stroke, 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
- 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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