Rajiv Gandhi
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Bomb attack on Elangovan's house a 'cowardly act': Vasan...to take necessary action against people who were garnering popularity by using the portraits of proclaimed offenders named in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. On the December 19 bypolls to Tiruchendur and Vandavasi Assembly... In this article: G K Vasan, EVKS Elangovan, Culprit, Rajiv Gandhi, Madurai, and Chennai |
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TIME | 2 days ago
2-Min. Bio: Manmohan Singh, India's Prime Minister
Took over as Prime Minister in 2004 after India's Congress Party, led by Sonia Gandhi the Italian-born widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi took power in landslide elections. Singh is the first non-Hindu to hold the position. Has...
In this article: Manmohan Singh, India, George W. Bush, United States, Barack Obama, Punjab, Pakistan, Democracy, and Sikhism
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The Australian | 2 days ago
'Mumbai terrorist's' trial nears end
...commando raid on the Indian Parliament in 2001, remains on death row. Nalini Murugan, found guilty of the murder of Rajiv Gandhi by a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber in 1991, had her death sentence commuted to life imprisonment after Sonia...
In this article: LeT, Mumbai, Pakistan, India, Brought to trial, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Indian Parliament
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New Kerala | 5 days ago
Karunanidhi denies holding LTTE supremo responsible for fall
...he was defeated in the Eelam Freedom struggle, but at the same time, could not remain indifferent when former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Tamil leaders like Amirthalingam, Yogeswaran, Mukundan, Sri Sabaratnam Padmanaba, Yotheeswaran...
In this article: M Karunanidhi, LTTE, Cadre, Crocodile, Chennai, and India
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New Kerala | 5 days ago
Nuclear responsible India not worried about US honouring nuke deal: Singh
...a world free of nuclear weapons.' 'I think that is a world which has been the dream of our leaders from Jawaharlal Nehru to Rajiv Gandhi. We would like to work with all like-minded countries to achieve that goal,' said the Indian Prime...
In this article: India, United States, Newsweek International, Barack Obama, Washington, Manmohan Singh, Sustainable development, and Jawaharlal Nehru
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New Kerala | 5 days ago
CBI denies information on Quattrocchi sought under RTI
...case relating to the alleged payment of Rs.640 million as commission in the 1987 howitzer deal. He was known to be close to the late Rajiv Gandhi, who was prime minister in 1987 when the bribery scandal broke, and his wife Sonia. Quattrocchi...
In this article: Ottavio Quattrocchi, Central Bureau of Investigation, Bofors, Bofors gun, and Supreme Court
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New Kerala | 7 days ago
Biodiversity Research Centre to be set up in Silent Valley
...the Silent Valley was declared as a National Park on November 15, 1984. The Silent Valley was dedicated to the nation by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in September 1985. (c) 2009 Published with permission from United News of India.
In this article: Indira Gandhi, Palakkad, and Silent Valley National Park
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | November 20, 2009
Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit to play former Indian PM Indira Gandhi
...late 80s and 90s, actors Dharmendra, Abhay Deol and Nana Patekar have been approached to play Motilal Nehru (Indira's grandfather), Rajiv Gandhi (her son) and politician Jayaprakash Narayan respectively. Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Tommy...
In this article: Madhuri Dixit, Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, Dharmendra, Motilal Nehru, British Airways, Richard Nixon, and Jayaprakash Narayan
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New Kerala | November 20, 2009
YSR's son hits the campaign trail for civic polls
...popularly known, launched the campaign with the blessings of his mother, garlanded statues of leaders like Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, B.R. Amebdkar and Babu Jagjivan Ram in the city and offered prayers at a temple and a dargah. This was...
In this article: Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Telugu Desam Party, Chandrababu Naidu, and N.T. Rama Rao
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Indiana Times - The Economic Times | November 19, 2009
Madhuri to play Indira Gandhi
...Bollywood actors in negotiations are Nana Patekar (for Jayaprakash Narayan's role), Dharmendra (Motilal Nehru), and Abhay Deol (Rajiv Gandhi). Even Hollywood stars Tom Hanks and Tommy Lee Jones are being approached by a well-known casting...
In this article: Indira Gandhi, Equifax Inc, Hollywood, Dharmendra, All rights reserved, Motilal Nehru, Sanjay Gandhi, and Jawaharlal Nehru
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New Kerala | November 06, 2009
Rajiv Gandhi confidant Gopi Arora is dead
...was familiar with his political master's thinking. "He (Arora) actually played the role of Socrates to Rajiv Gandhi. In the initial years, Gandhi depended on him a lot and Arora was for those years his political guru," said a former...
In this article: International Monetary Fund, Moscow, Central Bureau of Investigation, S.K. Bhatnagar, Ronen Sen, Harvard University, Allahabad University, and Bofors
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Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991), the elder son of Indira Nehru and Feroze Gandhi, was the 7th Prime Minister of India from his mother's death on 31 October 1984 until his resignation on 2 December 1989 following a general election defeat. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office (at the age of 40).
Rajiv Gandhi was a professional pilot for Indian Airlines before entering politics. While at Cambridge, he met Italian-born Sonia Maino whom he later married. He remained aloof from politics despite his mother being the Indian Prime Minister, and it was only following the death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in 1980 that Rajiv entered politics. After the assassination of his mother in 1984 after Operation Blue Star, Indian National Congress party leaders nominated him to be Prime Minister.
Rajiv Gandhi led the Congress to a major election victory in 1984 soon after, amassing the largest majority ever in Indian Parliament. The Congress party won 411 seats out of 542. He began dismantling the License Raj - government quotas, tariffs and permit regulations on economic activity - modernized the telecommunications industry, the education system, expanded science and technology initiatives and improved relations with the United States.
In 1988, Rajiv reversed the coup in Maldives antagonising the militant Tamil outfits such as PLOTE. He was also responsible for first intervening and then sending Indian troops (Indian Peace Keeping Force or IPKF) for peace efforts in Sri Lanka in 1987, which soon ended in open conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) group. In mid-1987, the Bofors scandal broke his honest, corruption-free image and resulted in a major defeat for his party in the 1989 elections.
- Birth Date:
- August 20, 1944
- Birthplace:
- Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- Death Date:
- May 21, 1991
- Place of Death:
- Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India
- Religion:
- Parsi
- Nationality:
- Indian
- Spouse:
- Sonia Gandhi
- Occupation:
- Politician, Airline pilot
- Office:
- 7 Prime Minister of India
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