Gursharan Kaur

Gursharan Kaur Kohli (born 13 September 1937)^{[citation needed]} is an Indian history professor, author and widow of the former Prime Minister of India, Late Dr. Manmohan Singh.^[1]

Gursharan Kaur Kohli
Kaur in November 2012
Spouse of the Prime Minister of India
In role 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Shiela Gujral
Succeeded by	Jashodaben Modi
Personal details
Born	Gursharan Kaur Kohli (1937-09-13) 13 September 1937 (age 87) Jalandhar, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, India)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Manmohan Singh ​ ​ (m. 1958; died 2024)​
Children	3 (including Upinder and Daman)
Residence	3, Motilal Nehru Marg, New Delhi
Occupation	Author professor

Early life

Kaur was the youngest of seven siblings born to Sardar Chattar Singh Kohli,^[2] an engineer of Burmah-Shell, and Smt. Bhagwanti Kaur in Jalandhar on 13 September 1937 in British India. She has four sisters and two brothers. Her ancestral village was Dhakkam in Jhelum district, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan).^{[citation needed]}

Kaur is known in the Sikh community of Delhi for her kirtan singing, and has also appeared on Jalandhar Radio.^[3]

Later life

Since Manmohan Singh became Prime Minister in 2004, she has accompanied him abroad on state visits. The family has largely stayed out of the limelight. Their three daughters – Upinder, Daman and Amrit, have successful, non-political careers.^[4] Upinder Kaur is a professor of history at Ashoka University. She has written six books, including Ancient Delhi (1999) and A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India (2008).^[5] Daman Kaur is a graduate of St. Stephen's College, Delhi and Institute of Rural Management, Anand, Gujarat, and author of The Last Frontier: People and Forests in Mizoram and a novel Nine by Nine.^[6] Amrit Singh is a staff attorney at the ACLU.^[7]