Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
	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 (aged 46); Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, Indie
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).

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