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Rajiv Gandhi

1944 - 1991

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Rajiv Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian statesman and pilot who served as the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the assassination of his mother, then–prime minister Indira Gandhi, to become at the age of 40 the youngest Indian prime minister. He served until his defeat at the 1989 election, and then became Leader of the Opposition, Lok Sabha, resigning in December 1990, six months before his own assassination. Gandhi was not related to Mahatma Gandhi. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rajiv Gandhi is the 2,741st most popular politician (down from 2,036th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from India (down from 69th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Indian Politician.

Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He was assassinated in 1991 by a suicide bomber, which led to his widow, Sonia Gandhi, taking over as the president of the Indian National Congress.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 2,741 out of 19,576. Before him are Jehoram of Israel, Bolesław Bierut, Gennady Zyuganov, Theobald I of Navarre, Hermann von Salza, and Rinchinbal Khan. After him are Albert IV, Duke of Austria, Cyril Ramaphosa, Sebastián Piñera, Émile Lahoud, Pharnaces II of Pontus, and Kara Ahmed Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 60. Before him are Nick Mason, George Graham, Erwin Neher, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claudia Mori, and Gennady Zyuganov. After him are Abdul Hamid, Harold Ramis, Sondra Locke, Gérard Mourou, Mairead Maguire, and Bernhard Schlink. Among people deceased in 1991, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 31. Before him are David Lean, Max Frisch, Arno Breker, Henri Lefebvre, Michael Landon, and Demetrios I of Constantinople. After him are Natalia Ginzburg, Jerzy Kosiński, Wilhelm Kempff, Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal, Stan Getz, and Jean Tinguely.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 110 out of 1,861. Before him are Janaki Ammal (1897), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671), Satyajit Ray (1921), Dayananda Saraswati (1824), and C. R. Rao (1920). After him are Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Vyasa (-390), Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), and Tipu Sultan (1750).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Rajiv Gandhi ranks 41. Before him are B. D. Jatti (1912), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Jahangir (1569), Harsha (590), Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924), and Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I (1671). After him are Ram Nath Kovind (1945), Pervez Musharraf (1943), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Tipu Sultan (1750), Maharana Pratap (1540), and Rajendra Prasad (1884).

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