Remembering former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 29th death anniversary, PM Modi pays tribute

May 21 marks a tragic day within the historical past of Indian politics. A day that may by no means be forgotten. On this present day, twenty-nine years again, former prime minister and stalwart Congress chief Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated throughout an election marketing campaign within the 12 months 1991.

As the nation remembers Gandhi on his 29th dying anniversary, right here’s revisiting the lifetime of the Bharat Ratna recipient.

Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944, in Bombay, to former prime minister Indira Gandhi and freedom fighter, politician Feroze Gandhi. He served because the sixth prime minister of the nation, from 1984 to 1989, and was additionally the youngest ever to carry the workplace.

Rajiv Gandhi took cost of the nation because the prime minister after the assassination of his mom and former PM Indira Gandhi within the 12 months 1984. Gandhi got here from the politically highly effective Nehru–Gandhi household, related to the Indian National Congress get together. His maternal grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was the primary Prime Minister of India.

On his dying anniversary, tributes to former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 21, 2020

For most of his life, Gandhi remained apolitical. He went to the United Kingdom for research and returned to India in 1966. Gandhi was an expert pilot for the state-owned Indian Airlines. In 1968, he married Sonia Gandhi, the present president of the Congress get together and the United Progressive Alliance chairperson.

 Gandhi entered the political area after the demise of his brother Sanjay Gandi in a fighter airplane crash in 1980. A 12 months later, he marked his political success by successful his brother’s Parliamentary constituency Amethi, Uttar Pradesh within the Lok Sabha elections.

He additionally served because the Congress normal secretary earlier than assuming workplace because the prime minister.

Gandhi remained Congress chief till the 1991 Lok Sabha elections. On this present day, twenty-nine years again, he was assassinated throughout an election marketing campaign by an LTTE suicide bomber.

His spouse, Sonia Gandhi took cost of the Congress get together and have become the get together president within the 12 months 1998.