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	Rajiv Gandhi - MSN Encarta
		Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991), sixth prime minister (1984-1989) of India, the third member of his family to attain that post.
		Rajiv had only a few years of political apprenticeship before Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh members of her bodyguard in October 1984.
		Gandhi ordered troops into northern Sri Lanka in 1987 to support that country's efforts to suppress Tamil separatists, and he stepped up army actions against Muslim separatists in Jammu and Kashmīr State.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761575173/Rajiv_Gandhi.html (518 words)

	India Rajiv Gandhi - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		Gandhi campaigned fiercely on the platform "eliminate poverty" (garibi hatao) during the fifth general election in March 1971, and the Congress (R) gained a large majority in Parliament against her former party leaders whose slogan was "eliminate Indira" (Indira hatao).
		Sanjay Gandhi was elected to the Lok Sabha.
		Rajiv Gandhi's performance in the middle of his term in office was best summed up, as Kreisberg put it, as "good intentions, some progress, frequently weak implementation, and poor politics." Two major scandals, the "Spy" and the "Bofors" affairs, tarnished his reputation.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/india/india_history_rajiv_gandhi.html (2517 words)

	Rajiv Gandhi :: Indian Leader
		Rajiv's mother, Indira Gandhi, was active in India's national politics as she had by then served as the Prime Minister of India.
		Rajiv Gandhi's brother was an aide to their mother in politics.
		But in 1984, Indira Gandhi's bodyguards assassinated her and Rajiv Gandhi took over as the head of the Congress party and was sworn in as the Prime Minister.
	www.ceeby.com /people/RajivGandhi.cfm (609 words)

	Manas: History and Politics, Sonia Gandhi
		Sonia Gandhi is the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
		Sonia Gandhi was strident in her criticism of the slow investigation of the inquiry around her husband’s assassination, and made no secret of her opinion that her husband’s opponents and other ill-wishers were determined to keep the truth from the public.
		Whatever Sonia Gandhi’s eventual political fortunes, her own political presence is not calculated to breathe fresh life into Indian politics, though it may well be the training ground for the next generation of Nehrus.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/Independent/Sonia.html (858 words)

	Indian Politician - Profile of Rajiv Gandhi
		Rajiv Gandhi lived a humdrum existence in New Delhi as a pilot with the Indian Airlines until the death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in an air crash propelled him into politics to help his mother Indira Gandhi, who was then the prime minister of India.
		Rajiv entered politics in 1980 after the death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in a plane crash on June 23, 1980.
		In the midst of campaigning for the parliamentary elections, Rajiv was assassinated on May 21, 1991 by a suicide bomber belonging to the LTTE at Sriperumbudur in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.
	www.searchindia.com /search/indian-politicians-rajiv-gandhi.html (412 words)

	Manas: History and Politics, Rajiv Gandhi
		ajiv Gandhi, born in 1944, served as the Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.
		After her assassination in 1984, Rajiv succeeded her as head of the Congress party, and was sworn in as Prime Minister of India.
		Rajiv, rather keen on preparing India for the twenty-first century, collected his buddies and cronies around him, and sought to increase Indian investments in modern technology.
	www.sscnet.ucla.edu /southasia/History/Independent/Rajiv.html (436 words)

	Rajiv Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rajiv Gandhi remained the Congress leader till the elections in 1991.
		Rajiv Gandhi refused to withdraw the IPKF in a situation which clearly pointed at the failure of his Sri Lanka policy both diplomatically and militarily.IPKF operation cost over 1000 Indian soldiers lives, over 5000 Sri Lankan Tamil lives and cost over 2000 crores.
		Rajiv Gandhi's last public meeting was at Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991, in a city close to Chennai, where he was assassinated while campaigning for the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Congress candidate Mrs Maragatham Chandrasekhar in Tamil Nadu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi (2041 words)

	Rajiv Gandhi Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) entered Indian politics after the death of his younger brother Sanjay in 1980, serving as adviser to his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and as an elected member of Parliament.
		Rajiv Gandhi, India's sixth prime minister and general secretary of the Congress (I) party, was born on August 20, 1944, in Bombay, India.
		Gandhi's early years were spent at the prime minister's residence in New Delhi where his mother served as her father's official hostess.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/rajiv-gandhi (1307 words)

	Gandhi, Rajiv - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		GANDHI, RAJIV [Gandhi, Rajiv], 1944-91, prime minister of India (1984-89).
		Oldest son of Indira Gandhi, he flew for Indian Airlines until his brother died in 1981 and he was drafted into politics by his mother.
		He was elected to parliament and when his mother, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated in 1984 he succeeded her as prime minister, leading the Congress party (see Indian National Congress) to a sweeping election victory.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-gandhi-r1.html (301 words)

	Rajiv Gandhi - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Son of Indira Gandhi and grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, both former prime ministers of India, Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister and president of the Congress (I) Party following the assassination of his mother in 1984.
		Clean,” Gandhi’s administration was criticized for corruption, and in 1989 he lost his office to Vishwanath Pratap Singh of the Janata Dal party.
		While campaigning in May 1991, Gandhi was assassinated by a woman who set off a bomb while bowing to him in greeting (15 other people were also killed).
	encarta.msn.com /media_461537137/Rajiv_Gandhi.html (86 words)

	Rajiv Gandhi - Transnational Connections
		Rajiv Gandhi's last act was to pet Kokila on her back after she had recited a poem in his honour.
		Rajiv Gandhi was killed on 21 May 1991 in an explosion at Sriperumbudur, 50 kms away from Madras, where he was to address a public meeting.
		Suppose Rajiv Gandhi was in touch with some country on agency and he gave it/them certain promises on assurances in anticipation of coming into power after the election these promises clashed with the interests of some other countries or agencies.
	www.tamilnation.org /intframe/india/rajiv/93afsirkarim.htm (6868 words)

	WWW Virtual Library: Rajiv Gandhi's assassination
		The political scene in India became murkier as the minority government of Prime Minister S Chandrasekhar developed serious misunderstandings with Rajiv Gandhi, the leader of the opposition, and the latter ultimately forced Chandrasekhar to announce the resignation of his four-month-old government on March 6, 1991, from the floor of the Indian parliament.
		When Rajiv Gandhi alighted from the front of the car and started waving and responding to the cheering women who had assembled in an enclosure specially constructed for them towards the left side of a pathway leading to the stage.
		Up to then two Gandhis had been assassinated - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the father of the Indian nation who was killed by an Indian national in 1948, and Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who was shot and killed by her own Sikh bodyguards, in 1984.
	www.lankalibrary.com /pol/rajiv.htm (4490 words)

	webindia123-Indian personalities-Politicians-Rajiv Gandhi
		Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944 in Mumbai.
		Born to parents, Firoz Gandhi and Priyadarshini Gandhi, he was heir to the political heritage of his mother and grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru, the architect of modern India.
		Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of the World's largest Democracy.
	www.webindia123.com /personal/politician/rajiv.htm (265 words)

	CBC News Indepth: India
		Gandhi won her seat in parliament but her future as leader appeared to be shaky.
		Rajiv Gandhi was a reluctant politician, preferring the life of an airline pilot, until his brother, Sanjay, was killed in a plane crash in 1980.
		Gandhi's flagging popularity was reflected at the polls in November 1989 as Congress lost its parliamentary majority, forcing Gandhi to resign as prime minister.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/india/nehru_gandhi.html (1692 words)

	Prime Minister's Office
		Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India, perhaps even one of the youngest elected heads of Government in the world.
		Shri Rajiv Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944, in Bombay.
		Rajiv Gandhi spent his early childhood with his grandfather in the Teen Murti House, where Indira Gandhi served as the Prime Minister's hostess.
	pmindia.nic.in /pm_rajiv.htm (783 words)

	Rajiv Gandhi
		Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991),joined politics after the assasination of his mother Indira Gandhi and was the Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.
		Rajiv Gandhi visited the Soviet Union in July 1987 for the Festival of India (1987-88 when the year-long Festival was held in Moscow featuring live music, film, food, dance, poetry, handicrafts etc. from India).
		Rajiv Gandhi was killed by a suspected female Tamil Tiger suicide bomber who had strapped explosives to her waist at a campaign rally in Sriperumbudur near Chennai on May 21, 1991.
	www.netphotograph.com /article.php?id=25 (391 words)

	Sonia Gandhi, India - Indian Congress Party Leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia's husband and Indira Gandhi's elder son, was a pilot with the state-owned Indian Airlines.
		Rajiv "was reluctant to take the plunge into politics even though he realized that he could not deny his mother the help she needed and was asking for," writes Inder Malhotra
		Although Rajiv was initially hailed as "Mr Clean" his reputation was soon tainted by a scandal surrounding the procurement of big guns from Swedish defense firm Bofors.
	www.soniaindia.com /rajiv.html (212 words)

	Save Our Sri Lanka from Terrorism (SOSL-Network)
		Realising that Rajiv as prime minister would be a near-impossible target, it was decided that they should strike while his security status was still that of an opposition leader and election campaigning would render him even more vulnerable.
		He gradually brain-washed the young photographer into believing that Rajiv Gandhi was solely responsible for the brutality inflicted on the Sri Lankan Tamils and that his return to power would mean yet another bout of atrocities.
		The weapon that would reduce Rajiv Gandhi and at least 16 others to a mangled heap was now ready to be put to use.
	members.tripod.com /~sosl/gandhi.html (4298 words)

	CNN - Another Gandhi enters political spotlight - January 11, 1998
		Rajiv was killed by a suicide bomber in 1991 during an election rally in the southern Indian state where his 51-year-old wife campaigned on Sunday.
		Whether she wants a political office or not, Sonia Gandhi was hailed as a savior to a nation which has seen three governments collapse since elections were last held in mid-1996.
		Indira had begun grooming Rajiv, a former airline pilot with no particular political ambition, to replace her after the death of her youngest son, Sanjay, in 1980.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9801/11/india (1139 words)

	Indian Nationalism and the Gandhi murders
		And the third was her son, Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated in 1991.
		In this warfare between the two sides, Rajiv Gandhi was pressured by Tamilians in India and outside India to intervene.
		Rajiv Gandhi suggested diplomatic help to the Sri Lankan government, but they refused it, and so Rajiv sent the Indian navy to Sri Lanka.
	adaniel.tripod.com /Gandhis.htm (466 words)

	CNN - 26 sentenced to death in Rajiv Gandhi assassination - Jan. 28, 1998
		A judge's probe of the Gandhi assassination brought down the government last year, when it indicted a party in the ruling coalition for "tacit support" of the Tamil Tigers.
		Gandhi's widow, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, is now campaigning on behalf of the embattled Congress party, ahead of elections in February when voters will vote for the fifth government in two years.
		Sonia Gandhi, 51, has agreed to campaign for the once-dominant Congress, the party of her husband and the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, despite her total lack of political experience.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9801/28/india.gandhi/index.html (472 words)

	Rajiv Gandhi's War Crimes
		And Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi would have his members of Parliament believe that the Indian Army acted with 'outstanding discipline and courage' accepting sacrifices 'for protecting Tamil civilians'.
		When the then Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayawardene met Rajiv Gandhi in 1986 during the SAARC conference in Bangalore, Jayawardene warned Rajiv that it would be dangerous for India if a separate state were be established in Eelam and then extended by merging Tamil Nadu.
		I talked to Rajiv immediately after JR left, as it was not proper for me to interfere in the talks between the two heads of state.
	www.tamilnation.org /intframe/india/warcrimes/index.htm (3395 words)

	Ved Mehta \| Writings \| Rajiv Gandhi and Rama's Kingdom
		This elegantly written book by the renowned author Ved Mehta is a chronicle of a tumultuous dozen years of recent Indian history—from the unsettled conditions that preceded the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to the Hindu revival that followed the assassination of her son Rajiv.
		Gandhi by two of her Sikh bodyguards, and the anti-Sikh rioting that followed.
		He goes on to reconstruct the circumstances surrounding Rajiv’s election as his mother’s successor; the change in atmosphere from optimism to disenchantment as Rajiv’s government became mired in a kickback scandal; Rajiv’s loss of office to V. Singh in the 1989 election; and his murder by a secessionist Tamil group from Sri Lanka in 1991.
	www.vedmehta.com /writings/rajiv.html (255 words)

	The Hindu : Opinion / News Analysis : Rajiv Gandhi — an appreciation
		THE FIRST time I met Rajiv Gandhi was when he was flying an aircraft from Jaipur to Delhi and I happened to be a passenger.
		Rajiv's behaviour impressed me as gentle, respectful; he appeared keen to follow the case.
		Rajiv had a princely mien, often flattered into folly by pretentious friends, but he was proud in not bending before U.S. hegemony or accepting a quasi-colonial economy.
	www.thehindu.com /2006/06/24/stories/2006062405571100.htm (999 words)

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