Rajeev Gandhi
| Rajiv Gandhi | |
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| 6th Prime Minister of India | |
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In office 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989 |
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| President |
Zail Singh R. Venkataraman |
| Preceded by | Indira Gandhi |
| Succeeded by | V. P. Singh |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 18 December 1989 – 23 December 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | V. P. Singh |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | L. K. Advani |
| President of the Indian National Congress | |
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In office 1985–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Indira Gandhi |
| Succeeded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| Member of Parliament for Amethi |
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In office 17 August 1981 – 21 May 1991 |
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| Preceded by | Sanjay Gandhi |
| Succeeded by | Satish Sharma |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi 20 August 1944 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra), India |
| Died | 21 May 1991 (aged 46) Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Resting place | Veer Bhumi |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Sonia Gandhi (m. 1968) |
| Relations | See Nehru–Gandhi family |
| Children | |
| Parents |
Feroze Gandhi Indira Gandhi |
| Alma mater |
Trinity College, Cambridge Imperial College London |
| Profession |
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| Awards | Bharat Ratna (1991) |
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (/ˈrɑːdʒiːv ˈɡɑːndiː/; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was the 6th Prime Minister of India, serving from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian Prime Minister at the age of 40.
Gandhi was a scion of the politically powerful Nehru–Gandhi family, which had been associated with the Indian National Congress party. For much of his childhood, his maternal grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister. Gandhi attended college in the United Kingdom. He returned to India in 1966 and became a professional pilot for the state-owned Indian Airlines. In 1968 he married Sonia Gandhi; the couple settled in Delhi to a domestic life with their children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. For much of the 1970s, his mother Indira Gandhi was prime minister and his brother Sanjay Gandhi (earlier Sanjay) an MP; despite this, Rajiv Gandhi remained apolitical. After Sanjay's death in an aeroplane crash in 1980, Gandhi reluctantly entered politics at the behest of Indira. The following year he won his brother's Parliamentary seat of Amethi and became a member of the Lok Sabha—the lower house of India's Parliament. As part of his political grooming, Rajiv was made a general secretary of the Congress party and given significant responsibility in organising the 1982 Asian Games.
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