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Amitabh Bachchan's mother, Teji was born on August 12, 1914 and passed away on December 21, 2007.

Today marks Amitabh Bachchan’s mother, Teji Bachchan’s birth anniversary. She was born on August 12, 1914 and passed away on December 21, 2007. Teji Bachchan was a social activist and also taught psychology in pre-independence Lahore. She had two sons with Harivansh Rai Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan and Ajitabh Bachchan. Amitabh had a close relationship with his mother and at the time of her passing, stood by her in her pain.

The veteran actor, who often takes to his blog to share insights from his life, recalled the time of his mother’s passing a few years ago. The actor wrote, “No pictures of her today in remembrance, none could do justice to her beauty. She slipped away as elegantly and quietly as was her temperament this morning as I watched the doctors struggle to revive her delicate heart, time and again .. pumping her delicate frame in vigorous pushes to get her to live again .. and again .. and again."

“We stood holding hands all of us near and dear .. the nieces and the children in tears .. until .. I spoke up .. leave it doc .. leave her .. she wishes to go .. stop .. do not make any more efforts .. each effort was painful for her system and painful for us to stand there and witness .. each time that ‘straight-line’ would appear .. and then shift to the graphic responses of the physical pumping .. stop it I said," he added.

Late last night, a few minutes before Teji’s birth anniversary, the actor again took to his blog to share his feelings. He wrote, “A day tomorrow of remembrance to the most beautiful Mother of all time… Aug 12 .. her strength, her warmth, her sense of etiquette and aesthetics… but most importantly her faith and love of all things bright and beautiful for us all

Amitabh Bachchan's mother

Teji Harivansh Rai Srivastava Bachchan (néeTeji Suri; 12 August 1914 – 21 December 2007) was an Indian social activist, the wife of Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.

Biography

Teji was Born into a PunjabiSikhKhatri family in Lyallpur, Punjab Province, British India (present-day Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan). After completing her education, she took a job teaching psychology at Khoob Chand Degree College, Lahore. She met Harivansh Srivastava, then a lecturer of English at Allahabad University, when he attended a college event in Lahore. The couple got married in Allahabad in 1941, and upon her wedding, Teji became a home maker. She remained a lover of the stage, and she would also sing at social gatherings if pressed. During his lifetime, Harivansh remained completely engrossed in his work, leaving his wife to handle all family matters. Even in social engagements, the poet willingly played a minor role to his sociable wife. The Bachchans had two sons: Amitabh Bachchan and Ajitabh Bachchan.

The Bachchans were a part of India's literary circuit and high society. The couple sang at events.

Teji played Lady Macbeth in her husband's Hindi adaptation of Macbeth. They also played a cameo appearance in Yash Chopra's 1976 film, Kabhi Kabhie.

She was also appointed as one of the Directors of the Film Finance Corporation in 1973. The Film Finance Corporation of India (and its successor National Film Development Corporation of India), a Government of India undertaking's main objective was to finance the production of purposeful films of good quality with a view to improving the general standards of the medium.

Bachchan was in the Lilavati Hospital for almost the whole of the year 2007 and she was shifted to the ICU in November 2007 after her condition became worse.^[10]