Teji Bachchan (Punjabi: ਤੇਜੀ ਬਚੱਨ, تیجی بچن ; Hindi: तेजी बच्चन) (12 August 1914 – 21 December 2007) was a social activist who became a confidant of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; as well as being the wife of Hindi literary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and mother of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan.