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Sonia is the widow of Rajiv Gandhi, elder son of Indira Gandhi. She has two children, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi . In August 2011, she underwent successful surgery for cervical cancer [ 87 ] in the United States at Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center in New York. [ 88 ]
Sep 23, 2024 · Sonia Gandhi was thrust into politics after the assassination of her husband, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. She became president of the Indian National Congress in 1998. She chose not to be prime minister after the 2004 elections and instead selected Manmohan Singh for the office.
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- Sonia Gandhi was born in Lusiana, Italy, to an Italian building contractor. She was raised Roman Catholic and had little knowledge of India growing...
- In 1968 Sonia married Rajiv Gandhi, son of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Rajiv later was prime minister (1984–89). After his assassination in 1991,...
Feb 23, 2024 · US Elections. After his death on June 23, 1980, Amethi went for bypolls in 1981, and it was his elder brother, Rajiv, who won. This did not go well with Maneka Gandhi, who was harbouring the ambitions of taking the place of her husband in the Nehru-Gandhi leadership succession.
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Contents. Rajiv Gandhi. This article is about the politician. For other uses, see Rajiv Gandhi (disambiguation). Rajiv Gandhi[ 1 ] (/ ˈrɑːdʒiːvˈɡɑːndiː / ⓘ; Hindi pronunciation: [raːdʒiːʋ ɡaːndʱiː]; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [ 2 ][ 3 ] was an Indian politician who was Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.
Aug 5, 2011 · Sonia was propelled into the forefront of the Indian political scene as Rajiv, whose brother Sanjay died in a plane crash in 1980, was picked as the successor to the Gandhi-Nehru crown.
May 16, 2014 · Sonia Gandhi, the president of India's ruling Congress party and head of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, was arguably the most powerful woman in India before the party's poll defeat.
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Feb 25, 2023 · How did Sonia Gandhi, who had repeatedly insisted she would not join politics and had even pleaded with her husband Rajiv Gandhi to not do so, end up spending her life as the power centre of the Congress?
