Yahoo India Web Search

Search results

  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Rajiv_GandhiRajiv Gandhi - Wikipedia

    Prime Minister of India. Rajiv Gandhi was in West Bengal on 31 October 1984 when his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, to avenge the military attack on the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star.

  2. The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, India on 21 May 1991. [2] At least 14 others, in addition to Gandhi and the assassin, were killed. [3]

  3. His illustrious grandfather, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, was 58 when he started the long innings of 17 years as free India’s first Prime Minister. As the harbinger of a generational change in the country, Shri Gandhi received the biggest mandate in the nation’s history.

  4. Rajiv Gandhi brought a revolution in the field of information technology and telecom. The idea led to setting-up of the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, popularly known as MTNL. Rajiv Gandhi was the man to transcend telecom services to the rural India or "India in true sense".

  5. Jul 7, 2024 · Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician and government official who rose to become the leader of the Congress (I) Party (a faction of the Indian National Congress [Congress Party] established in 1981) and served as prime minister of India (1984–89) after the assassination of his mother, Indira.

  6. Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician and the 7th Prime Minister of India. He was Indira Gandhi ‘s son and Sonia Gandhi ‘s husband. He was also assassinated like his mother, while he was the Prime Minister. Wiki/Biography. Physical Appearance. Family, Wife & Caste. Political Career.

  7. A Nehru-Gandhi scion, Rajiv Gandhi was one of the most popular politicians of India, who went on to become the Prime Minister of the country. Interestingly, this political stalwart wasn’t even interested in joining politics, leave alone becoming the leader of nation.

  8. May 14, 2018 · Rajiv Gandhi, India's sixth prime minister and general secretary of the Congress (I) party, was born on August 20, 1944, in Bombay, India.

  9. May 13, 2024 · The only politician who actually went “400 paar” in Lok Sabha was Rajiv Gandhi, who found himself unexpectedly pitchforked into the job after Indira Gandhi was assassinated on October 31, 1984.

  10. Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination on May 21,1991 was a national tragedy. To be true to his legacy, India must never allow terrorism to win, even as his party must build on his commitment to modernity...