Who was Satish Gujral?

Artist, architect, sculptor and writer Satish Gujral passed away on March 26, 2020 at the age of 94.

He was Born in Jhelum in pre-partition Punjab on December 25, 1925 and suffered a hearing loss at the age of nine, following a swimming accident in the river Lidder.

He was the brother of the late Prime Minister I.K. Gujral and was awarded India’s second-highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, in 1999.

Rajya Sabha MP Naresh Gujral is his nephew.

He wrote his autobiography “A Brush With Life”.

He won a scholarship to Palacio de Bella Artes, where he studied under the renowned muralist Diego Riviera.

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