Bejan Daruwalla Wiki, Age, Death, Wife, Children, Family, Biography & More

Bejan Daruwalla was a famous Indian astrologer. He was well-versed in various astrological techniques, including Vedic Astrology, Western Astrology, I-Ching, Tarot reading, the Kabalah, and Palmistry.

Wiki/Biography

He was born on Saturday, 11 July 1931 (age 89 years; at the time of death), in Mumbai. His zodiac sign is Cancer. He did his schooling from St. Xavier’s High School Mirzapur, Ahmedabad. Later, he did his graduation from S. N. D. Arts College, Ahmedabad and completed his further studies from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. ^[1]Facebook He holds a PhD degree in English. ^[2]ABP Live

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 5″

Eye Colour: Brown

Hair Colour: White (Semi-Bald)

Family & Caste

He was born in a Parsi (Zoroastrian) family. ^[3]Business Today

Parents & Siblings

There is not much information about his parents.

Relationships, Wife & Children

He was married to Late Gooli Daruwalla, a tarot card reader. The couple had two sons; Nastur (who is an astrologer too) and Fardun, and one daughter, Nazreen. Bejan had adopted a son, Chirag Ladsaria. ^[4]Bejan Daruwalla

Career

Initially, he worked as an English professor in Ahmedabad. In 1966, he started working as an astrologer. He was associated with a number of newspapers, magazines, television channels, and publishing houses across the globe. Some of his popular predictions are,

• The victory of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Morarji Desai, and Narendra Modi; as the Prime Minister of India

• Accident of Sanjay Gandhi on 23 June 1980

• Indira Gandhi‘s assassination on 31 October 1984

• The Gujarat Earthquake on 26 January 2001

In April 2020, he predicted that the Corona pandemic would end from the world between June 2020 and September 2020.

 

He had many celebrity clients, and one of his clients was, Prince Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar of City Palace Udaipur.

Favourite Things

• Actor(s): Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan

• Actress: Karishma Kapoor

• Singer(s): Bhimsen Joshi and Pandit Jasraj

Death

On Friday, 29 May 2020, he took his last breath at Apollo Hospital in Ahmedabad. He was on a ventilator for a week before his death. He had pneumonia-like symptoms. As per some media sources, he was detected positive for the COVID-19 test. Whereas, his son, Nastur denied such news and said he died of pneumonia and the lack of oxygen supply to the brain. resulted in his death. ^[5]EMEA Tribune

On 29 May 2020, the Gujarat CM, Vijay Rupani took to Twitter and wrote,

Saddened by the demise of renowned Astrologer Shri Bejan Daruwalla. I pray for the departed soul. My condolences. Om Shanti…”

Facts/Trivia

• His full name is Bejan Jehangir Daruwalla.

• He was listed as one of the 100 great astrologers in the last 1,000 years in The Millennium Book of Prophecy, published by Harper Collins, USA.

• He was an ardent follower of the Lord Ganesha.
  

  Bejan Daruwalla With an Idol of Lord Ganesha

• In 2000, he was honoured with “The Astrologer of the Millennium” by Bharat Nirman.

• He was honoured with the “Best Astrologer Award’ (2009), by the Russian Society of Astrologers of St. Petersburg.

• In 2015, after reading Narendra Modi’s hand, Bejan said,

The leader possessed great strength and personality, and will become the Prime Minister in future.”

• In 2017, he was honoured with the “Babasaheb Ambedkar Noble Award.”

• Due to diabetes, he used to avoid eating sweets.

• He was a cheerful personality and loved to wear colourful clothes.

• He loved listening to music and watching cartoons.

• His motto in life was
  

  To leave the world a better place to stay in for all.”

• He had published many books on astrology and predictions.
  

  Bejan Daruwalla With His Book

• As per one of his interviews, one of his heart-warming experiences was when the spiritual leader, 14th Dalai Lama asked him to put his hand on Dalai Lama’s head at the India International Centre, Delhi.
  

  Bejan Daruwalla With the 14th Dalai Lama