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Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi Biography

Former Prime Minister of India

Rajiv Gandhi, born on August 20, 1944, and died on May 21, 1991, was the former Prime Minister of India. He was the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a key leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, during which he implemented economic reforms and faced political and terrorist threats. Unfortunately, he was assassinated in 1991.

Rajiv Gandhi, born on August 20, 1944, and died on May 21, 1991, was the former Prime Minister of India. He was the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a key leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989, during which he implemented economic reforms and faced political and terrorist threats. Unfortunately, he was assassinated in 1991.

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“Every person should take a lesson from history. We should understand that wherever there have been internal fights and conflicts in the country, the country has been weakened. Due to this, the danger from outside increases. The country has to pay a big price due to this type of weakness.”

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Author:Rajiv Gandhi

“Education must be a great equaliser in our society. It must be the tool to level the differences that our various social systems have created over the past thousands of years.”

Years Past Social Differences Levels Tools Various Our Society Over The Past Social Systems

Book:Selected speeches and writings

Source: Selected speeches and writings

“Thinking of this University [Ambedkar University] today, we are reminded of Mahatma Gandhi because if there was anyone who fought for the weak in India, the first one to raise his voice for Scheduled Castes, that was Gandhiji. There were social workers before him but not any people who raised this matter in the political arena as he did.”

Source: Selected Speeches and Writings: January 1989 to November 1989

“Our task today is to bring India to the threshold of the twenty-first century, free of burden of poverty, legacy of our colonial past, and capable of meeting the rising aspirations of our people.”

People Firsts Today Past Poverty Century Capable Tasks India Twenties Meetings Burden Legacy Aspiration Rising Threshold

Book:Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: statements on foreign policy, May-August 1985

Source: Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi: statements on foreign policy, May-August 1985

“We must see that regional imbalances in the growth of various parties of the country are removed and all the states progress evenly. We shall ensure that all citizens of the country get full opportunity to contribute their might towards India's progress.”

Country States Might Opportunity Growth Party Progress Citizens India Various Imbalance

Author:Rajiv Gandhi

“If farmers become weak the country loses self-reliance but if they are strong, freedom also becomes strong. If we do not maintain our progress in agriculture, poverty cannot be eliminated from India.But our biggest poverty alleviation programme is to improve the living standard of our farmers. The thrust of our poverty alleviation programmes is on the uplift of the farmers.”

Ifs Self Country Strong Loses Poverty Progress Standards Weak India Uplifting Farmers Agriculture Self Reliance Reliance Thrust Programmes

Author:Rajiv Gandhi

“For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.”

“Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together.”

Country Together Social Conscience Our Society

Book:Selected speeches and writings

Source: Selected speeches and writings

“Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people. The goal is material, cultural and spiritual fulfilment for the people. The human factor is of supreme value in development.”

People Humans Spiritual Values Goal Materials Development Supreme Factors Factories Fulfilment Dams

Book:Selected speeches and writings

Source: Selected speeches and writings

“India is an Old country but a young nation…I am young and I too have a dream, I dream of India Strong, Independent, Self-Reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world, in the service of mankind.”

World Self Country Dream Young Strong Nations Mankind Fronts India Independent Self Reliant Strong Independent

Book:Rajiv Gandhi and Parliament

Source: Rajiv Gandhi and Parliament

“She was mother not only to me but to the whole nation. She served the Indian people to the last drop of her blood.”

People Whole Lasts Mother Nations Blood Indian

Book:Selected speeches and writings

Source: Selected speeches and writings

“When a big tree falls, the ground shakes”

Bigs Fall Tree Shakes

Author:Rajiv Gandhi

About the Author

Born: August 20, 1944
Died: May 21, 1991
Known for: Former Prime Minister of India
Quotes: 12

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