Sheila Kaul | |
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| Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
| In office 17 November 1995 – 22 April 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Mahabir Prasad |
| Succeeded by | Mahabir Prasad |
| Union Minister of Urban Development | |
| In office 21 June 1991 – 3 May 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Preceded by | Daulat Ram Saran |
| Union Minister of Urban Affairs and Employment | |
| In office 3 May 1995 – 10 September 1995 | |
| Prime Minister | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Education, Culture and Social Welfare | |
| In office 8 August 1981 – 31 December 1984 | |
| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 February 1915 Lucknow, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India |
| Died | 13 June 2015 (aged 100) Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Kailas Nath Kaul |
| Profession | politician, social worker, social reformer, educationist |
Sheila Kaul (7 February 1915 – 13 June 2015) was a social democratic leader of the Indian National Congress, a politician, cabinet minister and governor, and the oldest living former member of parliament in India at the time of her death.[1][2] She was also an educator, social worker, and social reformer in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and an independence activist in British India. She was Jawaharlal Nehru's sister-in-law and Indira Gandhi's maternal aunt.
- ^ "Sheila Kaul is 101". Business Standard India. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Sheila Kaul, the Grand old Lady, turns 101". 7 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.