Rajiv Gandhi Biography: To date, Rajiv Gandhi remains the youngest Prime Minister of India. He took charge in the year 1984, after the assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister India Gandhi. He was aged 40 at that time. Today, 20th August 2024 is Rajiv Gandhi’s 77th birth anniversary. Rajiv Gandhi has never shown any interest in politics and he is a pilot and the passion was flying. Know the complete Rajiv Gandhi Biography on his birth anniversary.
Education
Rajiv Gandhi studied in Dehradun at Welham Boys’ Preparatory School and then he moved to the residential Doon School. After schooling, he went to Trinity College, Cambridge. Soon, he shifted to the Imperial College (London) and did mechanical engineering. After returning to India, Rajiv Gandhi acquired a commercial pilot license from the Delhi Flying Club and then became a pilot with Indian Airlines.
First Election
Until the death of his brother Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv remained as a commercial pilot with Indian Airlines for 10 years. Rajiv Gandhi contested and won his first election from Amethi.
Rise To Power
Following the assassination of Indira Gandhi in 1984, Rajiv Gandhi became not only Prime Minister but also Congress Party’s President. The same year, Congress won a huge majority of 414 seats in the Lok Sabha election under Rajiv’s leadership, which is a record for the highest number of seats ever won by a single party.
Assassination
In the month of May 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was in the campaigning of the general elections. He was assassinated by an LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) suicide bomber, during a rally in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu.
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