The historian, Romila Thapar is his niece and the writer, Nayantara Sahgal was his sister-in-law, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
The historian, Romila Thapar is his niece and conservationalist and tiger expert, Valmik Thapar is his great nephew. The writer, Nayantara Sahgal was his sister-in-law, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.