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Braj Bihari was born on 15 May 1932 in Srinagar, Kashmir into a Kashmiri Pandit (Brahmin) family. His father, Pandit Damodar Das Kachru was an educator. His mother, Sati, passed away when he was five years old. Braj's father was also known as Lala Sahab and was a friend of Kashmiri poet and writer Zinda Kaul masterji. Lala saheb and his educator and teacher colleagues had discussions on politics, literature and pholosophy at his house. Braj got an opportunity to interact with masterji and his fathers other teacher colleagues, during their visits.
His wife is fellow linguist Yamuna Kachru. Their son, Shamit Kachru, is a string theorist and professor at Stanford University.
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