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| rajiv gandhi biography: Rajiv Gandhi Benny Aguiar, 2011 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Indira Gandhi H Y Sharada Prasad, 2013-01-15 Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India for over sixteen years, was a brave freedom fighter and a passionate patriot, deeply committed to the honour and integrity of India. She was also a devoted mother and grandmother, who was great fun to be with—she loved books, nature, art, sports and puzzles. Born into the illustrious Nehru family in Allahabad, Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was educated at Santiniketan, Geneva and Oxford, and was determined since childhood to serve the people of India. This biography, with a foreword by Rajiv Gandhi, and illustrated with rare photographs, portrays very simply but eloquently the life of the ‘Iron Lady of India’ from her birth on 19 November 1917 to her assassination on 31 October 1984. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Rajiv Gandhi Nicholas Nugent, 1990 Six years ago, Rajiv Gandhi found himself at the helm of a country of 800 m people. A former airline pilot, he had never been a cabinet minister and, indeed, had never aspired to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather, Jawarharlal Nehru, and his mother, Indira Gandhi. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Mother India Pranay Gupte, 2011-06-20 Mother India is the fascinating story of independent India's most complex GUPTE political figure: Indira Gandhi, the enigmatic and solitary daughter of the country's first prime minister, who rose to become prime minister herself. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Indira Gandhi, a Biography Pupul Jayakar, 1995 Indira Gandhi S Life Was Part Of The Unfolding History Of India, Intricately Woven With India S Past And Future. It (Became) Inevitable, Therefore, That Politics (Formed) A Backdrop To Her Public And Often Private Actions. Indira Gandhi S Life Spanned Over Two-Thirds Of A Century. By The Time Of Her Brutal Assassination In 1984, She Had Established Herself As The Most Significant Political Leader India Had Seen Since The Death Of Her Father, Jawaharlal Nehru. In This Book, Written With The Close Cooperation Of Her Subject, Pupul Jayakar Seeks To Uncover The Many Personalities That Lay Hidden Within Mrs Gandhi. Much More Than A Political Biography, The Book Reveals The Complex Personality Of Indira Gandhi-Her Thoughts And Feelings, Her Hates And Prejudices, Her Insights And Her Faults, Her Loves And Emotional Entanglements. Full Of Startling Insights, Indira Gandhi: A Biography Paints A Magnificent Portrait-At Once Empathetic And Unprejudiced-Of One Of The Twentieth Century S Most Remarkable Women. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi Neena Gopal, 2016-08-16 On 21 May 1991, journalist Neena Gopal had finished just one part of an interview with Rajiv Gandhi—the last of his life—when his car reached the election rally at Sriperumbudur. Moments later, Rajiv Gandhi was dead, blown up by suicide bomber Dhanu, irrevocably changing the course of Indian politics, as Neena Gopal, just yards behind him, watched in horror. In this gripping, definitive book, Gopal reconstructs the chain of events in India and at the LTTE’s headquarters in Sri Lanka where the assassination plot was hatched, and follows the trail of investigation that led to the assassins being brought to justice. Drawing on extensive interviews, research and her own vast experience as a journalist, she deftly establishes the background—the shortsightedness of India’s Sri Lanka policy; the friction between the intelligence agencies and between the agencies and the external affairs ministry; the many warnings that went unheeded; and the implacable hatred that LTTE supremo Prabhakaran felt for Rajiv Gandhi. Bringing all these complex threads together, Gopal takes us step by step to Sriperumbudur as Rajiv Gandhi walked inexorably to his death on that tragic May evening twenty-five years ago. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Rajiv Gandhi, the End of a Dream Minhaz Merchant, 1991 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Sonia Gandhi Rani Singh, 2011-09-13 Sonia Gandhi's story represents the greatest transformational journey made by any world leader in the last four decades. Circumstance and tragedy, rather than ambition, paved her path to power. Born into a traditional, middle-class Italian family, Sonia met and fell in love with Rajiv Gandhi, son of future Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi and grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, while studying English in Cambridge. Cruelly tested by the assassinations of her mother-in-law and of her husband, Sonia grew into a strong, authoritative but always private figure, now president of a coalition ruling over a billion people in the world's largest democracy. Through exclusive interviews with members of Sonia's party, political opponents and family friends, Rani Singh casts new light on Sonia. In the first mainstream biography of this inspirational figure, the author's compelling narrative retraces the path of the brave and beautiful Sonia Gandhi, examining what her life and legacy mean for India. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Rajiv's World Sonia Gandhi, 1994 Rajiv, authored by Sonia Gandhi in 1992, the year after her husband's assassination, was a portrait of him in the full current of his life. This book is a portrait of him too - but with a difference. It is one of which in a sense he is the author, since it is entirely composed of his photographs. Rajiv Gandhi, India's youngest-ever Prime Minister, was known world-wide for his qualities of leadership and his personal charisma. However, until the publication of Rajiv, in which some of his photographs appeared for the first time, few were aware that he was also an accomplished photographer. In this volume, Sonia Gandhi offers a wider selection of his photographs. Her brief but informative introduction explains his photography in context and discloses the significance it held for him. The photographs in the book, most of which have never been published before, span almost four decades, from his childhood to his last year in office. They have been grouped under the broad themes of family, nature and people. Within these categories are presented entrancing landscapes, minutely observed particulars of nature, abstract studies and fascinating family vignettes. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Red Sari Javier Moro, 2015 In the year 1965, Sonia Maino, a 19-year-old Italian student met a young Indian boy, Rajiv Gandhi, while they were both studying in Cambridge. She was born into a modest family in suburban Turin, where her father was a strict man who kept a close eye on his three daughters. Much to his chagrin, his painfully-shy middle daughter, of whom he was especially protective, fell in love with a man belonging the most powerful family in India. This marked the beginning of a story unlike any other - of a carefree Italian girl who was compelled to take on the murky world of rajneeti. With information sourced from close friends and colleagues, this book examines how Sonias courage, honesty and dedication have made her a leader in the eyes of one-sixth of humanity. From her idyllic childhood to her passionate love affair and from her days as a docile daughter-in-law to her current status of being the only Indian politician to have refused prime ministership. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: India Indira Gandhi, 1975 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Gandhi Before India Ramachandra Guha, 2014-04-15 Here is the first volume of a magisterial biography of Mohandas Gandhi that gives us the most illuminating portrait we have had of the life, the work and the historical context of one of the most abidingly influential—and controversial—men in modern history. Ramachandra Guha—hailed by Time as “Indian democracy’s preeminent chronicler”—takes us from Gandhi’s birth in 1869 through his upbringing in Gujarat, his two years as a student in London and his two decades as a lawyer and community organizer in South Africa. Guha has uncovered myriad previously untapped documents, including private papers of Gandhi’s contemporaries and co-workers; contemporary newspapers and court documents; the writings of Gandhi’s children; and secret files kept by British Empire functionaries. Using this wealth of material in an exuberant, brilliantly nuanced and detailed narrative, Guha describes the social, political and personal worlds inside of which Gandhi began the journey that would earn him the honorific Mahatma: “Great Soul.” And, more clearly than ever before, he elucidates how Gandhi’s work in South Africa—far from being a mere prelude to his accomplishments in India—was profoundly influential in his evolution as a family man, political thinker, social reformer and, ultimately, beloved leader. In 1893, when Gandhi set sail for South Africa, he was a twenty-three-year-old lawyer who had failed to establish himself in India. In this remarkable biography, the author makes clear the fundamental ways in which Gandhi’s ideas were shaped before his return to India in 1915. It was during his years in England and South Africa, Guha shows us, that Gandhi came to understand the nature of imperialism and racism; and in South Africa that he forged the philosophy and techniques that would undermine and eventually overthrow the British Raj. Gandhi Before India gives us equally vivid portraits of the man and the world he lived in: a world of sharp contrasts among the coastal culture of his birthplace, High Victorian London, and colonial South Africa. It explores in abundant detail Gandhi’s experiments with dissident cults such as the Tolstoyans; his friendships with radical Jews, heterodox Christians and devout Muslims; his enmities and rivalries; and his often overlooked failures as a husband and father. It tells the dramatic, profoundly moving story of how Gandhi inspired the devotion of thousands of followers in South Africa as he mobilized a cross-class and inter-religious coalition, pledged to non-violence in their battle against a brutally racist regime. Researched with unequaled depth and breadth, and written with extraordinary grace and clarity, Gandhi Before India is, on every level, fully commensurate with its subject. It will radically alter our understanding and appreciation of twentieth-century India’s greatest man. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Dynasty S. S. Gill, 1996 The first 40 years of post-independence India were dominated by the Nehru-Gandhi family. This biography covers this era in all its bewildering diversity and shows the decisive contribution made by the dynasty towards the shaping of modern India. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Indira Katherine Frank, 2001 Indira Gandhi's life, from her birth in 1917 through partition and up to her assassination in 1984, was dominated by the politics of her country. Always directly involved in India's turbulent 20th-century history, once she accepted the mantle of power, she became one of the world's most powerful and significant women. This biography focuses on Gandhi's role as a female leader of men in one of the most chauvinistic, complex and politicized cultures in the world. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi Meenakshi Ahluwalia, 1991-01-01 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Indira Gandhi G. Parthasarathi, H. Y. Sharada Prasad, 1985 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: My Years with Indira Gandhi Padinjarethalakal Cherian Alexander, 1991 Here, then, is a book which gives an insider's account of Indira Gandhi's second innings as India's Prime Minister. It is rare for Indian civil servants to write about the events they have observed during their career. To quote Dr Alexander, he has chosen to depart from this tradition because I have been greatly impelled by sense of history and of duty to record the events relating to the most critical years of Indira Gandhi's life. I happened to have been the only witness to some of them.... |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Lotus Years , 2019 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Rajiv Gandhi Meena Agrawal, 2004 Biography of Rajiv Gandhi, 1944-1991, former prime minister of India. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Man Who Remade India Vinay Sitapati, 2018-04-03 When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited economic catastrophe, violent insurgencies and a nation adrift. Yet because he was unloved by his people and mistrusted by his own party-a minority in Parliament and ruling under the shadow of Sonia Gandhi-Rao lacked the mandate to combat these crises. Yet, Rao was not just able to last a full five years as Prime Minister, he reinvented India, at home and abroad. Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power. With exclusive access to Rao's never-before-seen personal papers as well as over a hundred interviews, Vinay Sitapati's definitive biography tells the story of India's makeover in the 1990s and the story of the Deng Xiaoping-like figure who did it. Assuming power over an ossified, quasi-socialist economy burdened by inefficient industrial behemoths, Rao was instrumental in driving through a broad set of liberalizing economic reforms that transformed India. Rao's career is the ideal window through which to understand how India became a force in the global economy almost overnight. Sitapati traces Rao's life from a village in Telangana through his years in power and-afterward-his humiliation in retirement. Yet the book never loses sight of the inner man-his difficult childhood, his corruptions and love affairs, and his lingering loneliness. Meticulously researched and honestly told, this landmark political biography is a must-read for anyone interested in the man responsible for transforming India. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Rajiv Gandhi, the End of a Dream Minhaz Merchant, 1991 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Assassination of Mahatma - Indira - Rajiv Gandhis' K Ragothaman, 2024-07-26 30th January 1948; 31st October 1984; 21st May 1991. These three days bear significant importance in the history of independent India. The nation witnessed the assassination of the Father of the Nation, the Prime Minister of India and an ex-Prime Minister of India respectively. It is even more startling because it was the first instance where a mother and her son were robbed of their lives because of political and religious reasons. Assassination of Mahatma - Indira - Rajiv Gandhis' by K. Ragothaman is an attempt to shed light on these occurrences and what led to their gruesome deaths. It is also a commentary on the functioning of the law enforcement agencies and the Executive. As the Chief Investigating Officer in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Mr Ragothaman is in a unique position to discuss the intricacies of three of the most significant occurrences in the history of 20th century India. The events leading up to these dates have been reconstructed to give the reader a holistic picture and how these three seemingly individual tragedies are connected. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Conspiracy to Kill Rajiv Gandhi Kē Rakōttamaṉ, 2013 The gruesome assassination of former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi on 21st May, 1991 was meticulously planned and flawlessly executed by hardcore cadres of LTTE. It was an unique and first of its kind murder plan wherein a human bomb, that too a lady, was used, killing not only Rajiv Gandhi, nine police officers and six other persons, but also causing grievous injury to more than fifty persons assembled at the election meeting to hear the views of Rajiv Gandhi. Due to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the nation suffered a great tragedy and the Lok Sabha Elections (1991) had to be postponed. The perpetrators of heinous crime, by assassinating Rajiv, directly interfered in our sovereign rights and caused disruptive activities in our democratic system. The method of assassination as well as the terrorist outfits involved therein remained a mystery for quite sometime. Theories after theories, news after news, were planted and disinformation campaigns floated by so-called Goebbels without any basis. The author, who was the chief investigating officer of the case in CBI, has deeply gone into the investigation in spite of having no clue to start with. Piece by piece, step by step evidences were collected and on the pug-marks, the culprits were apprehended and the main faces of the conspirators were unmasked. The author, in this book, has given detailed account of the investigation and also exposed the persons behind the disinformation campaign and revealed as to how the CBI investigation was derailed and many of the bureaucrats and political personalities were allowed to go scot free. --Publisher description. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi D. Sundar Ram, 2007 Contributed articles on the achievements of Rajiv Gandhi, 1944-1991, former prime minister of India. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Wings of Fire Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Arun Tiwari, 1999 Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, The Son Of A Little-Educated Boat-Owner In Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Had An Unparalled Career As A Defence Scientist, Culminating In The Highest Civilian Award Of India, The Bharat Ratna. As Chief Of The Country`S Defence Research And Development Programme, Kalam Demonstrated The Great Potential For Dynamism And Innovation That Existed In Seemingly Moribund Research Establishments. This Is The Story Of Kalam`S Rise From Obscurity And His Personal And Professional Struggles, As Well As The Story Of Agni, Prithvi, Akash, Trishul And Nag--Missiles That Have Become Household Names In India And That Have Raised The Nation To The Level Of A Missile Power Of International Reckoning. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Half - Lion Vinay Sitapati, 2016-06-27 When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited a nation adrift, violent insurgencies, and economic crisis. Despite being unloved by his people, mistrusted by his party, and ruling under the shadow of 10 Janpath, Rao transformed the economy and ushered India into the global arena. With exclusive access to Rao’s never-before-seen personal papers and diaries, this definitive biography provides new revelations on the Indian economy, nuclear programme, foreign policy and the Babri Masjid. Tracing his early life from a small town in Telangana through his years in power, and finally, his humiliation in retirement, it never loses sight of the inner man, his difficult childhood, his corruption and love affairs, and his lingering loneliness. Meticulously researched and brutally honest, this landmark political biography is a must-read for anyone interested in knowing about the man responsible for transforming India. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Decoding Rahul Gandhi Ramachandran, Aarthi, 2012 In a bid to demystify ‘Brand Rahul’, Decoding Rahul Gandhi chronicles his political path, which is different from that pursued by his mother Sonia, father Rajiv, and grandmother Indira. Although the 42-year-old Rahul has borrowed a few elements from them, he has carefully and deliberately added new ideas, strategies and practices from the world of business and management. Rahul’s philosophy is a form of corpo-politics, where management principles are applied to political leadership, and socio-politics, where beliefs in inclusive growth are ingrained in overall strategies. Why have Rahul’s plans flopped so far? His initiatives to inculcate ‘internal democracy’ in the Congress’ youth and student wings were well-intentioned, but lacked a clear-cut thrust and have failed to grapple with realpolitik. Decoding Rahul Gandhi is based on dozens of interviews with political actors, members of Rahul’s team in the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) and National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), and his friends and acquaintances. Coupled with in-depth reportage of his electoral and political campaigns, the book establishes how Rahul’s politics is riddled with inconsistencies, symbolism and an opportunistic, rather than committed, engagement with national issues. The book throws light on the factors that have shaped him as a person and politician. It details his working style, which is nearer to a CEO of a Fortune 500 company, and the role played by the members of his A-Team (which includes Kanishka Singh and Sachin Rao). • How did Rahul Gandhi’s years abroad as a student and as a management consultant influence his politics? • What was his much-hyped revamp of the IYC and the NSUI all about? • What are the reasons for the Congress’ and Rahul’s humiliating defeat in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections? • How has he applied global management principles, like ‘The Toyota Way’ and ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’, to domestic politics? • Prime Minister Rahul Gandhi – what would this mean for India? |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Indira Gandhi Carol Dommermuth-Costa, 2001-01-08 Presents the life of the first woman prime minister of India, from her childhood to her assassination. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Chinar Leaves: A Political Memoir M.L. Fotedar, 2015-10-21 One day, soon after M.L. Fotedar had joined Indira Gandhi as political secretary in July 1980, she told him to sit at 1 Akbar Road. This would enable him to meet the people who came to her with various requests. She suggested a small room to serve as his workspace. But it was one she was emotionally attached to - it was used by her son Sanjay, who had recently died in an air crash. For the rest of Indira Gandhi's final term in office, this room would be the nerve centre of Fotedar's work. Ordinary people and senior party leaders would come there for him to filter their requests and complaints. From assessing future leaders - be it V.P. Singh, Pranab Mukherjee or Ahmed Patel - with remarkable foresight, to straightening up those who were being difficult, he did it all. The Chinar Leaves paints a portrait of a six-decade-long political career that began in Kashmir and gives insights into the murky world of national politics. Here are the stories of many careers that were made and unmade in the Congress. Among these are the saga of Narasimha Rao's no-holds-barred effort to stay in power, Amitabh Bachchan's falling out of favour with the Gandhi family, the machinations of succession after Indira Gandhi's death, Giani Zail Singh's tiff with Rajiv, and many more. Fotedar, for long the voice of political wisdom in the party, also passes his verdict on the current crop of Congress leadership and searches Indira Gandhi's will, to which he was a signatory, for the true successor to her legacy. As a record of Indian politics at a time of momentous events, this is a frank and sometimes shocking look at recent history from the man who exercised immense influence from behind the scenes and whose impact continues to this day. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Turbulent Years 1980-1996 Pranab Mukherjee, 2016 One day in November 2001, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Group, the largest private sector enterprise in India, mandated K.V. Subramaniam to build a life sciences business from scratch. With no formal education in biology, he was initially at sea. But, endowed with a corporate business development background and a do-or-die spirit, he set out to systematically understand and create a research-driven, biotechnology-leveraged company with a differentiated footprint and a distinct culture. In the process, in an environment that is severe on performance, which Reliance Group is known for, he defied detractors, fixed snags and surmounted both personal and business setbacks to ring in a successful technology business with sustained high growth, profitability and stature. Apart from giving insights into the Reliance way of building and managing businesses, K.V. Subramaniam goes beyond the narrative of nurturing a life sciences company to step back and derive messages and morals that are applicable to any technology-driven venture.This candid, conversational account of his encounters and excitements holds valuable lessons for those who are either starting a new business or managing an existing one. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Triumph of Will, Sonia Gandhi Yusuf Ansari, Yusuf Ahmad Ansari, 2006 Articles on the life and work of Sonia Gandhi, b. 1946, as a politician from India, and leader, Indian National Congress, since 1997. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Rajiv Gandhi, the Years of Power Kathleen Healy, 1989 This Volume Evaluates Rajiv Gandhi`S Basic Principles And Policies Of Government; His Statesmanship In Foreign Relations, His Domestic Policies Within India, His Environmental Preservation And To The Promotion Of Culture And The Arts. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Rajiv Gandhi Giftly Joylin (author), 1901 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Karunanidhi SANDHYA. RAVISHANKAR, 2019-08-25 Wearing his characteristic dark glasses and draped in a yellow shawl, M. Karunanidhi was a pillar of Tamil politics for over six decades until his passing in 2018. Karunanidhi: A Life in Politics chronicles the trailblazing life of one of India's most important politicians for the first time in English. It looks at the pioneering social justice and welfare schemes that the leader was identified with, as also the work he did to champion Dravidian identity and Tamil culture. It documents the crucial role the DMK under him played in a string of central governments. At the same time, it analyses the controversies he was embroiled in, including the alleged involvement of DMK ministers in the 2G spectrum scandal. It depicts in dramatic detail Karunanidhi's relationships with the who's who of Tamil politics: from friend-turned-foe M.G. Ramachandran to bitter rival Jayalalithaa. And it considers the road ahead for the state at a time when lightweights have assumed power and demigods like Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan are waiting in the wings. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Sonia Rasheed Kidwai, 2010-05-26 Sonia Gandhi S Transformation From An Unsure Congress Party President To The Unchallenged Political Chief Of The Ruling United Progressive Alliance Government Happened With Some Speed In The Aftermath Of The Congress-Led Coalition S Surprise Victory In The 2004 General Election. Her Renunciation Of The Prime Minister S Post Enhanced Her Moral Stature In The Public Eye, But It Is Her Skilled Handling Of The Equation With The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, That Indicates The Emergence Of A Self-Confident Politician, Secure In Her Position At The Helm Of National Affairs. In This Fully Revised And Updated Biography, Rasheed Kidwai Tracks The Evolution Of The New Sonia Gandhi Against The Backdrop Of The Congress Party S Return To Power After Years In The Opposition. The Last Five Years Have Witnessed The Congress President S Growing Assurance In Her Dealings With Party Stalwarts, With Coalition Partners And Opposition Leaders. Drawing On His Long Experience As A Political Journalist, Kidwai Chronicles How Rahul Gandhi S Smooth Passage Into The Front Rank Of The Party S Leadership Was Achieved And Gives A Vivid Account Of How Sonia Gandhi Navigated Such Critical Moments As The Office Of Profit Crisis, The Presidential Election, The Indo-Us Nuclear Deal And The Vote Of Confidence. In Sonia, A Biography, Rasheed Kidwai Tells The Extraordinary Story Of One Of India S Most Enigmatic Women, Whose Journey From The Small Italian Town Of Orbassano To 10 Janpath, New Delhi, Is One Of The Most Fascinating In Contemporary India. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Breaking Ground Rami Chhabra, 2012 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Narendra Modi Andy Marino, 2014-04-06 Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, is powerful, popular and controversial. With the general elections due to conclude in May 2014, Modi's campaign rallies have drawn unprecedented crowds. Yet, the man remains an enigma. His supporters regard him as the visionary, decisive leader India needs today. His detractors see him as a polarizing fi gure. Is Modi authoritative or authoritarian? Decisive or divisive? A team player or a loner? Andy Marino recorded interviews with Narendra Modi during more than half-a-dozen exclusive meetings - unprecedented access to a very private man. What emerged is this riveting, objective biography of a man who could be India's prime minister. Not shying away from the controversies that have dogged Narendra Modi, including the Gujarat riots and questions about the Gujarat model of governance and development, this political biography provides an unbiased account of possibly the most important figure in Indian politics today. Marino records hour-by-hour details of the 2002 Gujarat riots, presenting a balanced analysis of that raw wound on India's polity. It also reveals hitherto unpublished, authenticated documents, which makes this one of the most important books of 2014. The author analyses Narendra Modi's values, the people who shaped his thinking and the sort of national leader he will make. Personal details of Modi's early life, his wanderings in the Himalayas between the ages of seventeen and nineteen, his rise through the political ranks, his vision for India and his personal philosophy on religion and politics are revealed in a book that is lucid, fast-paced and readable. Narendra Modi: A Political Biography is an insightful, exhaustive and impeccably researched account of the ascent of a political leader. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Great Game in Afghanistan Kallol Bhattacherjee, 2017-06-15 At the height of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, a complex multinational diplomacy had proposed setting up a coalition government in Kabul as a solution to the 'Afghan problem'. Even as all sides worked on the coalition, the US took steps that India considered a 'stab in the back'. With the help of the official papers collected by US ambassador John Gunther Dean and conversations with Ronen Sen, Rajiv Gandhi's diplomatic aide during those crucial years, the author recreates the falling apart of the India-US cooperation and the catastrophic effect it had on South Asian history. |
| rajiv gandhi biography: Intertwined Lives Jairam Ramesh, 2018 |
| rajiv gandhi biography: The Nehru Dynasty Kotamraju Narayana Rao, 1993 |
Rajiv Gandhi - Wikipedia
Rajiv Gandhi[a] (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [1] 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 …
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Jun 23, 2025 · Rajiv Gandhi (born August 20, 1944, Bombay [now Mumbai], India—died May 21, 1991, Sriperumbudur, near Madras [now Chennai]) was an Indian politician and government …
Rajiv Gandhi Biography - Life History, Facts, Achievements & Death
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India, from 1984 to 1989. Let's take a look at his life history, family, achievements, contribution, and some interesting facts.
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Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician and the 7th Prime Minister of India. He was Indira Gandhi ‘s son and Sonia Gandhi ‘s husband. He was also assassinated like his mother, while he was the Prime …
‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination’ series: Who was …
Jul 4, 2025 · A new series called ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination’ relives the 90-day manhunt for Sivarasan, the LTTE operative who masterminded the deadly killing of Rajiv Gandhi. …
Rajiv Gandhi Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline
A Nehru-Gandhi scion, Rajiv Gandhi was one of the most prominent politicians of India and served as the Prime Minister of the country. Interestingly, this political stalwart was not initially …
Rajiv Gandhi - Encyclopedia.com
May 14, 2018 · 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 …
Shri Rajiv Gandhi - Prime Minister of India
At 40, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India, perhaps even one of the youngest elected heads of Government in the world. His mother, Smt. Indira Gandhi, was eight years older …
Rajiv Gandhi - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (/ ˈrɑːdʒiːv ˈɡɑːndiː / (listen); 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [1] was the seventh Prime Minister of India. He served as prime minister from 1984 to 1989.
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3 days ago · Here is the story of the disastrous Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war which lead to the deaths of more than a 1,000 Indian soldiers and the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
Rajiv Gandhi - Wikipedia
Rajiv Gandhi[a] (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [1] 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 …
Rajiv Gandhi | Indian National Congress, Prime Minister, & Indian ...
Jun 23, 2025 · Rajiv Gandhi (born August 20, 1944, Bombay [now Mumbai], India—died May 21, 1991, Sriperumbudur, near Madras [now Chennai]) was an Indian politician and government …
Rajiv Gandhi Biography - Life History, Facts, Achievements & Death
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India, from 1984 to 1989. Let's take a look at his life history, family, achievements, contribution, and some interesting facts.
Rajiv Gandhi Wiki, Age, Caste, Wife, Children, Family, Death, …
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician and the 7th Prime Minister of India. He was Indira Gandhi ‘s son and Sonia Gandhi ‘s husband. He was also assassinated like his mother, while he was the Prime …
‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination’ series: Who was …
Jul 4, 2025 · A new series called ‘The Hunt: The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination’ relives the 90-day manhunt for Sivarasan, the LTTE operative who masterminded the deadly killing of Rajiv Gandhi. …
Rajiv Gandhi Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline
A Nehru-Gandhi scion, Rajiv Gandhi was one of the most prominent politicians of India and served as the Prime Minister of the country. Interestingly, this political stalwart was not initially …
Rajiv Gandhi - Encyclopedia.com
May 14, 2018 · 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 …
Shri Rajiv Gandhi - Prime Minister of India
At 40, Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India, perhaps even one of the youngest elected heads of Government in the world. His mother, Smt. Indira Gandhi, was eight years older …
Rajiv Gandhi - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (/ ˈrɑːdʒiːv ˈɡɑːndiː / (listen); 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [1] was the seventh Prime Minister of India. He served as prime minister from 1984 to 1989.
The Hunt - The Rajiv Gandhi Assassination Case: How Rajiv …
3 days ago · Here is the story of the disastrous Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war which lead to the deaths of more than a 1,000 Indian soldiers and the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
