Sheila Kaul
Sheila Kaul | |
|---|---|
| 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. 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.