Former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi's 30th death anniversary

The Hindustan Times

Published: May 21, 2021, 04:42 PM

Former Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi's 30th death anniversary

Hailing from the politically powerful Nehru-Gandhi family, Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was born on August 20 in 1944 in Mumbai, then Bombay.

Every year on May 21, India pays homage to the former prime minister and Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi who was assassinated during a political campaign, 30 years ago today.

This year, the Congress party has asked all its state units and frontal organisations to observe the death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi as the day of "Seva and Sadbhavna" for the people who are grappling with Covid-19 pandemic.

The Congress workers have been asked to distribute relief materials to people, and prepare kits of basic medicines and distribute them to those in need.

A Bharat Ratna recipient, Gandhi was the sixth prime minister of the country. He took charge of the office in 1984 following the assassination of his mother Indira Gandhi and became the youngest ever to serve the office. He was 40-year-old at that time.

Hailing from the politically powerful Nehru–Gandhi family, Gandhi was born in 1944 in Bombay. His maternal grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India.

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