Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary 2024: Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge Pay Homage to Former PM on His Punyatithi (Watch Videos)
Rajiv Gandhi took over the charge of the Congress in 1984 following the assassination of his mother and then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He became India's youngest Prime Minister at the age of 40 when he assumed office in October 1984.
New Delhi, May 21: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party MP Rahul Gandhi paid homage to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 33rd death anniversary at Veer Bhumi in Delhi on Tuesday morning. Other Congress leaders like P Chidambaram and Sachin Pilot also paid their respects to the former prime minister in the national capital.
Rajiv Gandhi took over the charge of the Congress in 1984 following the assassination of his mother and then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He became India's youngest Prime Minister at the age of 40 when he assumed office in October 1984. Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary 2023: PM Narendra Modi Pays Tributes to Former PM on His 32nd Death Anniversary.
Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary 2024
He served as the Prime Minister of India till December 2, 1989. Born on August 20, in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991. Rajiv Gandhi Death Anniversary 2024 Date: Know All About the Day That Marks the Punyatithi of The Former PM of India.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Rajiv Gandhi, "On his death anniversary, my tributes to our former PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji," he posted on X.
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