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).

Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi in 1988.
6t Prime Meenister o Indie
In office
31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989
PresesZail Singh
R. Venkataraman
Precedit biIndira Gandhi
Succeedit biV. P. Singh
Leader o the Opposeetion
In office
18 December 1989 – 23 December 1990
Prime MeenisterV. P. Singh
Precedit biVacant
Succeedit biL. K. Advani
Preses o the Indie Naitional Congress
In office
1985–1991
Precedit biIndira Gandhi
Succeedit biP. V. Narasimha Rao
Member o Pairlament
for Amethi
In office
17 August 1981 – 21 Mey 1991
Precedit biSanjay Gandhi
Succeedit biSatish Sharma
Personal details
BornRajiv Gandhi
20 August 1944
Bombay, Breetish Indie
(nou Mumbai, Maharashtra, Indie)
Dee'd21 Mey 1991(1991-05-21) (aged 46)
Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, Indie
NaitionalityIndie
Poleetical pairtyIndie Naitional Congress
Spoose(s)Sonia Gandhi
RelationsSee Nehru–Gandhi faimily
BairnsRahul Gandhi
Priyanka Vadra
ParentsFeroze Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
Imperial College London
AwairdsBharat Ratna

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