Arun Jaitley Age, Death, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Arun Maharaj Kishen Jaitley
Profession(s)	Politician, Lawyer
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in Feet Inches- 5’ 7”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms- 65 kg in Pounds- 143 lbs
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper (semi-bald)
Politics
Political Parties	• Bharatiya Jana Sangha (BJS) • Janata Party (Till 1980) • Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Political Journey	1977: Joined Bharatiya Jana Sangha, All India Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), President of Delhi ABVP 1980: President of the youth wing of the BJP 1991: A member of National Executive of the BJP for the first time 1999: Spokesperson of the BJP, Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge) in the Vajpayee Government 2000: Minister of Law, Justice, and Company Affairs following the resignation of Ram Jethmalani 2002: General Secretary of BJP and it's National Spokesperson 2003: Minister of Law, Justice, Commerce and Industry 2009: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and served until 2014 2014: Lost his seat from the Amritsar Lok Sabha Constituency to Capt. Amarinder Singh (INC), on 26 May, appointed Minister of Finance and Minister of Defence in the government of Narendra Modi, Leader of House, Rajya Sabha 2017: Minister of Defence served from March to September
Awards	2021: Padma Vibhushan - 2020 (posthumously)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	28 December 1952 (Sunday)
Birthplace	Delhi, India
Date of Death	24 August 2019 (Saturday)
Place of Death	AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Place of Cremation	Nigam Bodh Ghat on the bank of the Yamuna river in Delhi on 25 August 2019
Death Cause	On 14 May 2018, he had undergone a kidney transplant. Since then, his health had started to deteriorate and never recovered thoroughly. On 9 August 2019, he was taken to AIIMS, Delhi after he complained of Breathlessness. On 17 August, he was on life-support. On 24 August, he died of such health issues.
Age (at the time of death)	66 Years
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	New Delhi, India
School	St. Xavier's School, New Delhi
College/University	• Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi (B.Com.) • Faculty of Law, University of Delhi (LLB)
Educational Qualification(s)	• Bachelor in Commerce • Bachelor of Laws
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Punjabi Brahmin
Address	A-44, Kailash Colony, New Delhi.
Hobbies	Watching Sports, Reading, Writing, Travelling
Controversies	• From 1999 to 2013, when he was the president of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA), he faced allegations that he was involved in the financial irregularities. AAP Chief, Arvind Kejriwal accused him of irregularities and mismanagement. [1]The News Minute • In 2012, he warned Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over a conspiracy against Gujarat politicians. He said, "Governments come and go... They do not stay eternally. Those who are involved in the conspiracy should remember that they will have to give answer for their actions in future." [2]News18 • In January 2019, he accused CBI of Investigative Adventurism in the ICICI Bank - Videocon fraud case. He stated that only naming the corrupt bank officials would not help in the investigation. Jaitley advised that avoid "adventurism" and concentrate only on the bull's eye. [3]TOI
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	24 May 1982 (Monday)
Family
Wife/Spouse	Sangeeta Jaitley
Children	Son- Rohan Jaitley (Lawyer) Daughter- Sonali Jaitley (Lawyer)
Parents	Father- Maharaj Kishen Jaitley (Lawyer) Mother- Ratan Prabha Jaitley
Siblings	Brother- None Sisters- Madhu Bhargava and one other
Favourites
Favourite Food(s)	Amritsari Kulcha, Punjabi Cuisines
Favourite Sports	Hockey, Tennis, Soccer, Cricket, Kabaddi
Favourite Politician(s)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Pranab Mukherjee, Barack Obama
Favourite Economist	Ben Bernanke
Favourite Destination(s)	Austria, Switzerland, Kashmir
Style Quotient
Cars Collection	Porsche, Mercedes Benz, BMW, Honda Accord, Toyota Fortuner
Assets/Properties	Jewellery- 5,630 grams gold, 15 kg of silver and diamonds worth Rs 1.88 crore Residential Buildings- 5 (Delhi, Gurgaon, Gandhinagar, Faridabad) Bonds, Debenture- Rs. 2 crore
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	Rs. 113 crore [4]Economic Times

Some Lesser Known Facts About Arun Jaitley

• During the time of the Partition of India, his father, Maharaj Kishen Jaitley, migrated to India from Lahore (Pakistan).
  

  Childhood photo of Arun Jaitley and his sisters

• He had five uncles and two aunts; four of his uncle were lawyers.

• When Jaitley was young, he used to go to the disco with his friends. However, he did not know how to dance, even then he usually had gone to the disco. At that time, only one disco, ‘Seller’ used to be in Delhi.

• During the 1960s, he was fond of watching movies. According to his friend, Ranjit Kumar (former Solicitor General of India), “We used to keep chatting, cracking jokes. Mr Jaitley had an elephantine memory and we all were envious of that. If he would describe a song or a scene from a movie in the 1960s, it would be with every minute detail.”
  

  Ranjit Kumar, a friend of Arun Jaitley

• He had feared car driving. However, he loved having new branded cars, but he never tried driving. Earlier, his wife, Sangeeta Jaitley, used to drive him and later, he had a chauffeur.

• In childhood, Jaitley had resented Jawaharlal Nehru, as he considered that Jawaharlal Nehru caused the Partition of India due to which, hundreds of thousands of people suffered.

• Jaitley actively participated in the Student Union Elections as the student leader of the ABVP during his studies at the Delhi University and also became the President of the Student Union of the Delhi University in 1974.
  

  Arun Jaitley during his political days

• In 1973, he actively participated in a movement against corruption launched by Jayaprakash Narayan and Raj Narain.

• He remained under preventive detention for 19 months during the period of Internal Emergency (1975-1977).
  

  Young Arun Jaitley (right) with Morarji Desai

• Jaitley wanted to become a Chartered Accountant (CA) in his younger days.
  

  Arun Jaitley in his youth

• Since 1977, he had been practising as a lawyer before the Supreme Court of India and several other High Courts in India. But, since June 2009, Jaitley had stopped practising law due to holding important portfolios in the BJP and the first Modi Government.

• In January 1990, Jaitley was designated as a Senior Advocate by the Delhi High Court.

• In 1989, he was appointed Additional Solicitor General by the Government of India.

• He also did the paperwork for the Bofors Scandal investigations; prepared all the files and helped security agencies investigate the whole scandal.

• His clients include a wide spectrum of politicians from Madhavrao Scindia of the INC to Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal to L. K. Advani of the BJP.
  

  Arun Jaitley with Lal Krishna Advani

• He had also authored several publications on current and legal affairs.

• In 1998, the Government of India delegated him to the United Nations General Assembly where the Declaration on Laws related to Drugs and Money Laundering was approved.

• He has also appeared on behalf of a number of multinational giants such as Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in India.

• In 2002, Jaitley had passed the 84th Amendment to the Constitution of India, which enabled the freezing of Parliamentary seats until 2026.

• Jaitley used to walk regularly in the morning in the Lodhi Garden, New Delhi. In 2005, he had suffered a heart stroke during a walk in New Delhi’s Lodhi Garden. He was driven to a hospital nearby by his friend, Ranjit Kumar.
  

  Arun Jaitley with his friends in the Lodhi Garden, New Delhi

• He had never contested any direct election until 2014 when he contested the General Elections from the Amritsar but lost to Congress’ Captain Amarinder Singh.
  

  Arun Jaitley and Amarinder Singh

• It is said the Jaitley had helped Narendra Modi in winning the 2002 Gujarat Assembly Elections.

• He is the uncle of actors, Akshay Dogra and Riddhi Dogra.

• He was the first person to suggest the name of Narendra Modi for the post of the Prime Minister of India.
  

  Arun Jaitley during a conversation with Narendra Modi

• When he was the finance minister in the first Modi cabinet, the government introduced one GST regime and demonetized the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi series to stop black money, corruption, fake currency, and terrorism. During the same time, 2000 rupee notes were released by the Reserve Bank of India.
  

  The old currency of five hundred rupees

• His wife, Sangeeta Jaitley, is a daughter of late Girdhari Lal Dogra who served as the Finance Minister in the Government of Jammu & Kashmir for 26 years.
  

  Arun Jaitley was a son-in-law of Girdhari Lal Dogra

• He had not contested election in the 2019 General Elections due to his health issues. He opted out of the new cabinet by writing a letter to the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
  

  A letter, written by Arun Jaitley to Narendra Modi

• The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on the demise of Arun Jaitley on Twitter.
  

  Narendra Modi tweeted on the death of Arun Jaitley

• In September 2019, the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium was renamed after his name in his honour as ‘Arun Jaitley Stadium.’

• Here’s an interesting video about Arun Jaitley’s biography: