Deepa Kaul (born 12 April 1944, London) is an Indian politician and social worker who served as a legislator and cabinet minister in the government of

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. She is the daughter of the politician

Sheila Kaul 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. S ...

and the scientist

Kailas Nath Kaul Kailas Nath Kaul (1905–1983) was an Indian botanist, naturalist, agricultural scientist, horticulturist, herbalist, plant collector and herpetologist, and a world authority on Arecaceae. He founded India's National Botanical Research Institut ...

, and a niece of

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

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Living people 1944 births Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub