Rajiv Gandhi's death anniversary: Former PM's rare pictures, number 10 is unmissable
Former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by the terrorist organisation Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Tamil Nadu in 1991.
Rajiv Gandhi was born in 1944
Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20 in 1944 in Bombay. (Photo credits: Twitter/@RahulGandhi)
Rajiv Gandhi was just three when India got independence
Rajiv Gandhi was just three when India got independence and his grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, became the Prime Minister. (Photo credits: Twitter/@INCIndia)
Rajiv Gandhi reportedly spent his early childhood with his grandfather
Rajiv Gandhi reportedly spent his early childhood with his grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru in the Teen Murti House in New Delhi. (Photo credits: Twitter/@RahulGandhi)
Rajiv Gandhi studied in Dehradun
Rajiv Gandhi briefly went to school at Welham Prep in Dehradun but soon moved to the residential Doon School. (Photo credits: Twitter/@RahulGandhi)
Rajiv Gandhi did a course in mechanical engineering
Rajiv Gandhi then went to Trinity College in Cambridge and then to the Imperial College in London. He did a course in mechanical engineering. (Photo credits: Twitter/INCIndia)
Rajiv Gandhi met Sonia at Cambridge
Rajiv Gandhi reportedly met Sonia Maino, an Italian who was studying English, at Cambridge. (Photo credits: Twitter)
Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia tied the knot in 1968
Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia were married in New Delhi in 1968. (Photo credits: Twitter)
Rajiv and Sonia have two children - Rahul and Priyanka
Rajiv and Sonia stayed at Indira Gandhi's residence in the national capital with their two children, Rahul and Priyanka. (Photo credits: Twitter/PriyankaGandhi)
Rajiv Gandhi with Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi clicked with his wife Sonia Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi. (Photo credits: Twitter)
Rajiv Gandhi was also a pilot
On returning to India from England, Rajiv Gandhi passed the entrance examination to the Delhi Flying Club and obtained a commercial pilot’s license.
Subsequently, he became a pilot with a domestic national carrier. (Photo credits: Twitter/INCIndia)
Rajiv Gandhi took over charge of Congress in 1984
Rajiv Gandhi took over the charge of the Congress party in 1984 following the assassination of Indira Gandhi. (Photo credits: Twitter/Rahul Gandhi)
At 40, Rajiv Gandhi was youngest Prime Minister of India
At the age of 40, Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India. (Photo credits: Twitter)
While Indira Gandhi first became PM in 1966, Jawaharlal Nehru was 58 when he had become free India’s first PM
Rajiv Gandhi's mother, Indira Gandhi, was eight years older when she first became Prime Minister in 1966 and his grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, was 58 when he had become free India’s first Prime Minister. (Photo credits: Twitter)
Rajiv Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi clicked together. (Photo credits: Twitter)
Rajiv Gandhi entered public life in 1983
Rajiv Gandhi entered public life in 1983 after the tragic death of his brother, Sanjay Gandhi, who died in a plane crash. (Photo credits: Twitter)
Rajiv Gandhi is hailed as the "Father of IT and Telecom Revolution" of India
Rajiv went on to receive the biggest mandate in the nation's history in the 1984 Lok Sabha Elections as a result of which the Congress party bagged a much higher proportion of the popular vote than in the preceding seven elections and captured a record 401 seats out of 508.
Rajiv Gandhi is hailed as the "Father of IT and Telecom Revolution" of India. (Photo credits: Twitter)
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