a  Hindu - Sikh  family. His father, Dr.  Harivansh Rai Bachchan  was a well-known  Hindi  poet, while his mother,  Teji Bachchan  was a  Sikh - Punjabi  from  Faisalabad  (now in  Pakistan ). [ 3 ]  Bachchan was initially named Inquilaab, inspired from the famous phrase  Inquilab Zindabad , during the Indian