Sheila Kaul
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Sheila Kaul (born February 7, 1915) is a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and a former minister in Congress ministries at the centre. She was also a social worker and reformer in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and an independence activist in British India. She is Indira Gandhi's maternal aunt.
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[edit] Personal life
Sheila Kaul has a degree in arts from the Government College for Girls, Lahore, and a degree in teaching from Sir Ganga Ram Training College, Lahore, and was a State Badminton Champion in the pre-partition Punjab.
Prof. Kailas Nath Kaul, a renowned botanist, and formerly, a world authority on palms, was Sheila Kaul's husband. He established the National Botanical Gardens in Lucknow. Gautam Kaul, a former Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, and Vikram Kaul are their sons. Deepa Kaul, a former minister in Congress ministries in Uttar Pradesh, is their daughter.
[edit] Career
Sheila Kaul has been elected as Member of Parliament from Rae Bareli, a constituency election whereof has been traditionally contested by a Nehru-Gandhi Family member. Her prime constituency, however, was Lucknow, from where she was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971, 1980 and 1984. She was Governor of Himachal Pradesh from November 1995 to April 1996.
In 2003, the CBI chargesheeted Sheila Kaul and her two personal staff members in a housing scam case of 1996. The chargesheet accused the former Union Urban Development Minister of entering into a conspiracy with her two personal staff members and over forty other individuals for allegedly renting out government accommodation for a consideration. The CBI, however, did not seize any assets disproportionate to her income.
Positions Held
- 1982–89 Minister of State for Culture, Education and Social Welfare (Independent Charge)
- 1991–95 Union Minister for Urban Development
- 1995 Union Minister for Urban Affairs and Employment
- 1995–96 Governor of Himachal Pradesh
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