▁sculpt or , ▁m ural ist ▁and ▁writer ▁of ▁the ▁post - in dependent ▁era . ▁He ▁was ▁awarded ▁the ▁Pad ma ▁V ib h ush an , ▁the ▁second - high est ▁civil ian ▁award ▁of ▁the ▁Republic ▁of ▁India , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁His ▁elder ▁brother , ▁Ind er ▁K umar ▁Gu j ral , ▁was ▁the ▁Prime ▁Minister ▁of ▁India ▁between ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Gu j ral ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁J hel um ▁in ▁und iv ided ▁P un j ab ▁in ▁British ▁India . ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁crossing ▁a ▁r ick ety ▁bridge ▁in ▁K ash mir , ▁he ▁sli pped ▁and ▁fell ▁into ▁the ▁rap ids , ▁which ▁later ▁resulted ▁in ▁imp air ment ▁of ▁hearing , ▁which ▁he ▁reg ained ▁after ▁surg ery ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁ 6 2 ▁years ▁later . ▁ ▁Education ▁Because ▁of ▁his ▁hearing ▁problem , ▁many ▁schools ▁refused ▁ad mission ▁to ▁Gu j ral . ▁One ▁day ▁he ▁saw ▁a ▁bird ▁sitting ▁on ▁a ▁tree ▁branch ▁and ▁drew ▁a ▁picture ▁of ▁it . ▁It ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁indic ation ▁of ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁painting ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁May o ▁School ▁of ▁Arts ▁in ▁L ah ore , ▁to ▁study ▁applied ▁arts . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁Bomb ay ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 ▁and ▁en rolled ▁in ▁the ▁Sir ▁J J ▁School ▁of