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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.

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Famous Rajiv Gandhi Quotes

“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

“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

About the Author

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

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