Rajiv Gandhi | |
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![]() Rajiv Gandhi in 1988. | |
6t Prime Meenister o Indie | |
In office 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989 | |
Preses | Zail Singh R. Venkataraman |
Precedit bi | Indira Gandhi |
Succeedit bi | V. P. Singh |
Leader o the Opposeetion | |
In office 18 December 1989 – 23 December 1990 | |
Prime Meenister | V. P. Singh |
Precedit bi | Vacant |
Succeedit bi | L. K. Advani |
Preses o the Indie Naitional Congress | |
In office 1985–1991 | |
Precedit bi | Indira Gandhi |
Succeedit bi | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Member o Pairlament for Amethi | |
In office 17 August 1981 – 21 Mey 1991 | |
Precedit bi | Sanjay Gandhi |
Succeedit bi | Satish Sharma |
Personal details | |
Born | Rajiv Gandhi 20 August 1944 Bombay, Breetish Indie (nou Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indie) |
Dee'd | 21 Mey 1991 Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, Indie | (aged 46)
Naitionality | Indie |
Poleetical pairty | Indie Naitional Congress |
Spoose(s) | Sonia Gandhi |
Relations | See Nehru–Gandhi faimily |
Bairns | Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Vadra |
Parents | Feroze Gandhi Indira Gandhi |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge Imperial College London |
Awairds | Bharat Ratna |
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 Mey 1991) wis the Prime Meenister o Indie, serving frae 1984 tae 1989. He teuk office efter the 1984 assassination o his mither, Prime Meenister Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, tae acome the youngest Indie Prime Meenister at the age o 40. While campaignin for a re-election, he wis assassinatit bi a suicide bomber frae the Leeberation Teegers o Tamil Eelam (LTTE).