Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest and sixth prime minister of India, who served from 1984 to 1989. Rahul Gandhi and PM Modi paid tribute to him on his 79th birth anniversary.
August 20, 2023 is the 79th birth anniversary of former prime minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. He was the youngest and sixth prime minister of India, who served from 1984 to 1989. In 1984, when Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards, Rajiv Gandhi became the prime minister of India. At that time, he was 40 years old.
Rahul Gandhi paid tribute to his father
Rajiv Gandhi’s son Rahul Gandhi and other leaders pay tribute to him. Rahul Gandhi shared a video on twitter and wrote, “Papa, the dreams you had for India overflow from these priceless memories. Your scars are my way – understanding the struggles and dreams of every Indian, listening to the voice of Mother India.”
PM Modi paid tribute to Rajiv Gandhi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi also paid tribute to former prime minister of India. He tweeted, “On his birth anniversary, my tributes to former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji.”
About Rajiv Gandhi
It is said that initially Rajiv Gandhi never showed any interest in politics. Before coming into politics, he was a pilot. He worked as a pilot for 10 years in Indian airlines. In 1968, he married Sonia Gandhi who is the current president of congress party. Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are their children.
Rajiv Gandhi studied at Welham boys preparatory school in Dehradun. Then, he moved to Doon school where his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi joined him. After that, he studied at Trinity College of Cambridge. Then, he took the degree of mechanical engineering from Imperial College, London. After returning to India, he took a commercial pilot’s license from the Delhi Flying Club and became a pilot in Indian airlines.
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Rajiv Gandhi contested his first elections in 1980
After the death of his younger brother, Sanjay Gandhi in 1980, he contested in his first elections and won in Amethi from where Sanjay Gandhi was being represented in the Parliament. In 1984, he became the sixth prime minister of India and also the president of Congress party.
Under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi, Congress won the majority of 414 seats in the lok sabha elections which is all time highest number of seats of any party. Rajiv Gandhi was also the recipient of Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of India.
In May 1991, when he was campaigning for the general elections in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, he was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber.
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