Gandhi, Rahul
Gandhi, Rahul
(räj`ĭv gän`dē, räjēv`), 1944–91, Indian political leader, B.A. Rollins College, 1994, M.Phil. Cambridge, 1995. Son of Rajiv GandhiGandhi, Rajiv, 1944–91, prime minister of India (1984–89). Oldest son of Indira Gandhi, he flew for Indian Airlines until his brother died in 1981 and he was drafted into politics by his mother.
..... Click the link for more information. and Sonia GandhiGandhi, Sonia
, 1946–, Indian politician, b. Turin, Italy, as Sonia Maino. She met Rajiv Gandhi in 1965 when they were students in Cambridge, England. They were married in 1968 and settled in his family home in India.
..... Click the link for more information. , he entered politics in 2004, winning election to the Indian parliament from the constituency his assassinated father had represented. From 2007 he held a number of Congress party organizational posts, becoming party vice president in 2013. In 2017 he succeeded his mother as president of the party.