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20
August
1944? |
Born
in Bombay |
|
1960? |
Passed Senior Cambridge from Doon School,
Dehradun. |
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1962 |
Left
for UK for higher studies. |
|
1963 |
Joined Trinity College, Cambridge to study
mechanical engineering. |
|
1965 |
Met
Sonia Miano, an Italian, studying at language teaching
School, Cambridge. |
|
28 february
1968 |
Married Sonia Miano. |
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May 1968 |
Joined Indian Airlines as a pilot. |
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11 may 1981 |
Joined politics ? enrolled himself? as a
primary member of? the Congress
(I). |
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15 june 1981
? |
Got elected for Amethi Lok Sabha
constituency |
|
2 february
1983 |
Appointed as Congress General
Secretary. |
|
31 October
1984? |
His mother, Indira Gandhi, then prime
minister of India, was assassinated. was sworn in as
Prime Minister of India. |
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November 1984 |
Congress party returned to power with massive
mandate with Rajiv Gandhi as its
leader. |
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31 december
1984 |
Was sworn in as PM for the second
time. |
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24
july 1985 ? |
Signed a memorandum of settlement on the Assam
problem. |
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15 december 1985
|
Received the Beyond War Award from Beyond War
Foundation. |
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4 august 1986 |
Participated in Commonwealth Summit, London.
|
|
8 august |
Participated in six nations summit on peace
and disarmament, Mexico. |
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1 september
1986 |
Participated in eight Non-Aligned summit,
Harare. |
|
10 september
1986 |
Received Nicaragua's highest award ?Augusto
Caesar Sandini order?. |
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29 july 1987?
|
Signed as agreement with Sri
Lanka. |
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November 1989 |
Rajiv
Gandhi elected as leader of opposition. |
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21 may 1991 |
Killed in bomb explosion while electioneering
at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. |
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24 may 1991 |
Last journey ? mortal remains consigned to
flames. |
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17 june 1991 |
Bharat Ratna, the highest honor of the
country conferred posthumously. |
|
6 july 1991 |
Sonia Gandhi received the
award. |
