Rajiv Gandhi
1944 – 1991 Indian politician, Prime Minister of India
Third-generation dynasty leader who became prime minister after his mother's assassination.
- Religion
- Hindu.
- Affiliations
- Prime Minister of India; leader of the Congress party.
A former airline pilot with no political ambitions, he entered politics after his brother Sanjay's death and became prime minister on his mother's assassination. He was himself assassinated by a Tamil Tiger suicide bomber in 1991.
Connections
- family of Indira Gandhi — Her son and successor as Prime Minister.
- family of Indira Gandhi — His mother, whom he succeeded as Prime Minister.
- family of Rahul Gandhi — His father.
- family of Rahul Gandhi — His son, a Congress leader.
- family of Sonia Gandhi — Her husband.
- family of Sonia Gandhi — His wife, later Congress party leader.