“When people used to go to Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Lutyens John bungalow to meet Atal ji, they would see the Rajkumari Kaul family in the same bungalow. This means, along with Atal ji, the Kaul family had shifted to his government bungalow. He could not marry his college friend Rajkumari Kaul, but even after Rajkumari’s marriage, both of them remained together. Neither of them gave any name to this relationship. Atal ji’s stature in politics was so big that opposition parties and media could never peek into his life.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee- A Man of All Seasons
Writer and journalist Mr. Kinshuk Nag, in his book, has revealed untouched aspects of Vajpayee’s life regarding his love. We are going to tell you about the heroine of this incomplete love story. Waiting for whom Atal ji remained a bachelor throughout his life. Atal ji’s close friendship with Mrs. Kaul was not discussed in the media. This has been considered as an undeclared agreement between the media and Vajpayee ji, on which neither the media ever showed interest nor Atal ji felt the need to clarify on it. Mrs. Kaul once said in an interview to a magazine, there is no need to explain to anyone about her friendship with Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Mrs. Kaul said, her relationship with her husband is also very strong.
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In the 40s, Atal ji and Rajkumari Haksar were studying in Victoria College, Gwalior. This is a different matter, now it is called Lakshmibai College. Both of them understood each other’s feelings. During that period of partition, friendship between a boy and a girl was not appreciated. Vajpayee and Mrs. Kaul were also going through this situation. However Vajpayee ji expressed his feelings through a letter, which he kept in a book in the library for the princess. Rajkumari also replied in a similar manner, although her reply did not reach Vajpayee ji.
During the partition of India, the princess’s Kashmiri Pandit father Govind Narayan Haksar married her to Kashmiri Pandit Brij Narayan Kaul. Actually, Haksar did not want to marry his daughter to one person i.e. Atal ji. Both Vajpayee ji and Rajkumari Haksar were engrossed in their lives. Later Mrs. Kaul went to Delhi with her husband and Vajpayee reached Lucknow via the political streets of Kanpur. Mrs. Kaul’s husband BN Kaul was a professor of philosophy at Ramjas College. Later he also became warden in Ramjas Hostel. After a few years, unmarried Vajpayee ji became a full-fledged politician. After a long time, Atal ji met Mrs. Kaul in Delhi. Actually Prof. Kaul used to become a hindrance in the plans of the students living in the hostel when they planned to come late to the hostel to drink alcohol. In such a situation, the students made a plan to complain to Mrs. Kaul. When the group of students living in the hostel, Prof. When he reached Kaul’s house to complain, it is said that at that time he encountered Atal ji.
For years, he was among the regular visitors to Atal ji Kaul’s house without any restrictions. Later, Atal ji shifted to Kaul House while till then Professor Kaul was the warden of Ramjas College, but in 1978, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Foreign Minister in the Morarji government, he shifted to the government house with Mrs. Kaul and her daughters. . He adopted Kaul’s daughter Namita and later his sister Niharika. He remained with Atal ji till he became the Prime Minister. Former President Pranab Mukherjee had told in an interview to an English newspaper, ‘We lived in the neighborhood of Vajpayee ji. There was a door attached to the wall of the house, so that people from both the families could easily come and go. Atal ji was fond of fish. Namita used to come to our house often. My wife and Mrs. Kaul had a good bonding. When Namita’s marriage was fixed, my wife had made preparations because the groom was Bengali. Let us tell you that Namita was married to Ranjan Bhattacharya.
Immortal writer Amrita Pritam once said that there are some relationships which last in every situation. It would be fine if they were born out of acceptance and persisted, but many times they also take birth out of rejection. Not only do they take birth but also live with humans. Even after death. One such unbreakable relationship was between Atal ji and Mrs. Kaul. According to senior journalist Kuldeep Nayyar, this was a beautiful love story. This closeness between Atal ji and Rajkumari Kaul grew into a beautiful relationship. Everyone knew that Princess Kaul was dearest to Atal ji.
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Former Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was once asked the question, why are you still single? In response to this, in his eloquent style, Vajpayee ji had told the journalists that I am unmarried, but not a bachelor. Whatever may be the meaning of this statement of Vajpayee ji, but an unforgettable part of the life of this popular politician has been associated with Victoria College, Gwalior. It is said that Atal ji was under pressure from senior leaders of Jan Sangh to give up his attachment to this relationship, but he did not agree. Atal ji remained steadfast towards this unbreakable relationship throughout his life. Vajpayee ji may not have married. Although Mrs. Kaul stayed with him in the Prime Minister’s residence too, but not as his wife, but as a friend. His name was not in the accounts of the Prime Minister’s protocol. Even the leaders and parties who criticized Vajpayee never dragged this very personal issue into the political arena. This was and is such an unwritten story of love, which did not get any name.
– Pro. Shyam Sundar Bhatia