Rajkumari Kaul

Rajkumari Haksar, (1928–2014) also known as Rajkumari Kaul, was an Indian intellectual, Kashmiri Pandit, and also known as the "Queen of AIIMS".[1]

About

Born Rajkumari Haksar, Mrs Kaul was a blood relation of Indira Gandhi,[2] and a 'household member' of Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's family and the mother of Vajpayee's adopted daughter Namita.[3] 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."[4]

Death

She passed away in May 2014. Numerous dignitaries attended her last rites including L K Advani, Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Jyotiraditya Scindia. RSS pracharak Ramlal was also present. Atal Bihari Vajpayee could not attend the last rites due to ill health.[5]

References
  1. Sitapati, Vinay (2018-08-17). "The influences of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's life". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  2. Sitapati, Vinay (2020-11-23). Jugalbandi: The BJP Before Modi. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. ISBN 978-93-5305-989-7.
  3. Bhattacharya, Ananya (20 August 2018). "Who was Mrs Kaul? The Atal friendship Indian politics will never forget". India Today. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  4. "When the Vajpayee 'parivar' made the Sangh Parivar uneasy". The Times of India. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  5. "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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