Rajiv Ratna Gandhi[1][a] (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [2] was an Indian politician and pilot who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989 for two terms. Rajiv largely stayed out of politics while his brother Sanjay, a vigorous political figure, was alive. However, after Sanjay’s death in an airplane crash on , Indira Gandhi (then prime minister) drafted Rajiv into a political career.
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India, from 1984 to 1989. Let's take a look at his life history, family, achievements, contribution, and some interesting facts. At 40, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India, perhaps even one of the youngest elected heads of Government in the world.
dr rajiv aggarwal reston, His mother, Smt. Indira Gandhi, was eight years older when she first became Prime Minister in 1966. Rajiv Gandhi, India’s sixth Prime Minister, served from , to , stepping into the role at the age of 40, making him the youngest leader to helm the nation. Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) entered Indian politics after the death of his younger brother Sanjay in 1980, serving as adviser to his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and as an elected member of Parliament. He became prime minister shortly after the assassination of his mother in 1984.
dr rajiv aggarwal reston, The first son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, Rajiv attended Cambridge University, where he met and married Sonia. He was not a man of any unusual academic achievements or other distinctions, and appears to have had few ambitions until the death of his brother Sanjay in 1980. Rajiv Gandhi was the 7th Prime Minister of India who served the nation from 1984 to 1989. Every year on August 20, his birth anniversary is celebrated in the form of Sadbhavana Diwas.
