C ontrary to popular belief, it was not Rajiv Gandhi who fielded his minister Ziaur Rahman Ansari to challenge the Supreme Court judgment in the 1985-86 Shah Bano case. [27] Historian Meena Agarwal writes that even after taking the Prime Ministerial oath, he was a relatively unknown figure, "novice in politics" as he assumed the post after being an MP for three years. [88][89][90] Nalini Sriharan, the only surviving member of the five-member squad behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, is serving life imprisonment. As per the advise of new Prime Minister Raji Gandhi, President of India dissolved the 7th Lok Sabha and ordered General Elections. [13] Rajiv entered politics on 16 February 1981, when he addressed a national farmers' rally in Delhi. We have accepted a role which is difficult, but which is in our national interests to discharge. [34][35] Indian magazine Business and Economics called it a minority appeasement by Gandhi. I ducked down a little bit in a reflex action. [58][59] The guard said his intention was to kill Gandhi because of "the damage he had caused" to Sri Lanka. Military applications of these developments could rapidly undermine the existing convention against the military use of biological weapons. Former Home Minister PV Narasimha Rao was put in charge of defence. . He said the government was "planning to rename" all the stadia in Haryana state named after him. None has shown a better way of meeting the legitimate aspirations of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, restoring peace in that country and of meeting our own security concern in the region. . Alas, nuclear weapons are not the only weapons of mass destruction. The following year he won his brother's Parliamentary seat of Amethi and became a member of the Lok Sabha—the lower house of India's Parliament. In 1951, Rajiv and Sanjay were admitted to Shiv Niketan school, where the teachers said Rajiv was shy and introverted, and "greatly enjoyed painting and drawing". Gandhi officially became the President of the Congress party, which won a landslide victory with the largest majority in history of the Indian Parliament, giving Gandhi absolute control of government. He signed the Assam Accord on 15 August 1985. Mohsina Kidwai became the Minister of Railways; she was the only female figure in the cabinet. V.P.Singh had received a telegram from the Indian ambassador in Germany, stating that an Indian agents had received commissions in the HDW submarine deal. [6][7] In 1966 he began a course in mechanical engineering at Imperial College London, but did not complete it also. New knowledge is being generated in the life sciences. Among them, the cleric Chandraswami was suspected of involvement, including financing the assassination. [58][59] The guard said his intention was to kill Gandhi because of "the damage he had caused" to Sri Lanka. [13] 70 members of the Congress party signed a proposal and went to Indira, urging Rajiv to enter politics. [5] From 1962 to 1965 he studied engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not obtain a degree. The ambit of our concern must extend to all means of mass annihilation. . This mission was codenamed as Operation Flowers are Blooming. [38], In his election manifesto for the 1984 general election, he did not mention any economic reforms, but after assuming office he tried to liberalise the country's economy. Rajiv Gandhi was a Prime Minister who strove to handhold India into the 21 st century. [55], The Sri Lankan Civil War broke out with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), which was demanding an independent Tamil state in Sri Lanka. [1] That December, Congress party won the largest Lok Sabha majority to date, 411 seats out of 542. [citation needed], 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989, This article is about the politician. On 23 April 1985, a 62-year old Muslim woman Shah Bano won the right to alimony in the Supreme Court. He returned to India in 1966 and became a professional pilot for the state-owned Indian Airlines. Vasantdada Patil proposed Rajiv as a candidate for the Amethi constituency, which was accepted by all members at the meeting. When he was questioned about it, he replied, "If my mother gets help from it, then I will enter politics". In 1992, the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was instituted by the Indian National Congress Party. This was met by an uproar and a demand for withdrawal of the remark by the ruling Congress party members. [58] Gandhi later said about the incident: When I was inspecting the guard of honour and as I walked past one person, I saw through the corner of my eye some movement. Sardar Buta Singh and President Zail Singh pressed Rajiv to succeed his mother as Prime Minister within hours of her murder. Some Indian Muslims treated it as an encroachment upon Muslim Personal Law and protested against it. This led to differences and V.P.Singh resigned from the cabinet. [15], Rajiv Gandhi's first political tour was to England, where he attended the wedding ceremony of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981. Gandhi was from the politically powerful Nehru–Gandhi family, which had been associated with the Indian National Congress party. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum. She argued that even life convicts were released after 14 years. Historian Manish Telikicherla Chary calls it a measure of curbing corruption and bribery of ministers by switching parties so they could gain majority. a) New Delhi b) Allahabad c) Gandhi Nagar d) Bombay. [citation needed] He was one of 33 members of the Indian parliament who were part of the Games' organising committee; sports historian Boria Majumdar writes that being "son of the prime minister he had a moral and unofficial authority" over the others. [44] According to Laskar, Rajiv Gandhi's diplomacy was "properly calibrated" so as to be "conciliatory and accommodating when required" and "assertive when the occasion demanded." LTTE spokesman Anton Balasingham told the Indian television channel NDTV the killing was a "great tragedy, a monumental historical tragedy which we deeply regret". Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (/ ˈ r ɑː dʒ iː v ˈ ɡ ɑː n d iː / (); 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He also criticised Gandhi for his reluctance to bring the army from Meerut to handle the mob. This law overturned the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Shah Bano case. [70] In May 2015, Indian president Pranab Mukherjee said the scandal was a "media trial" as "no Indian court has as yet established it as a scandal". Arrested on 14 June 1991, she and 25 others were sentenced to death by a special court on 28 January 1998. He said the government was "planning to rename" all the stadia in Haryana state named after him. [26] Gandhi took his oath on 31 December 1984; at 40, he was the youngest Prime Minister of India. Gandhi discussed the matter with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa at the SAARC meeting in 1986. Even a few years ago in the Wikipedia page his name was written as Rajiv (Khan) Gandhi. [95][96], In August 2011, the President of India rejected the clemency pleas of Murugan and two others on death row—Suthendraraja, alias Santhan, and Perarivalan, alias Arivu. [72] Singh led the National Front coalition to victory in 1989 elections and he was sworn in as Prime Minister. After two years, the CBI told the Court Russia would not entertain such queries without a registered FIR. Gandhi attended college in the United Kingdom. In 1991, the Indian government posthumously awarded Gandhi the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award. But, when a mighty tree falls, it is only natural that the earth around it does shake a little". [19], On 31 October 1984, the Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi's mother Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, which led to violent riots against Sikhs. [41] His efforts created MTNL in 1986, and his public call offices—better known as PCOs—helped develop the telephone network in rural areas. After two years, in 1987, Barnala resigned his office because of a breakdown of law and order, leading to the implementation of President's rule in the state. He went to Delhi and became a member of the Flying Club, where he was trained as a pilot. At the India Leadership Conclave in 2009, the Revolutionary Leader of Modern India award was conferred posthumously on Gandhi. In 1987, Gandhi addressed this problem; Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh were given the status of states that were earlier union territories. [14] During this time, he was still an employee of Air India. [77] On 29 December 2011, Ram Jethmalani made an indirect reference to the issue in the Rajya Sabha, calling it a shame that one of India's former Prime Ministers was named by a Swiss magazine. For much of the 1970s, his mother Indira Gandhi was prime minister and his brother Sanjay Gandhi an MP; despite this, Rajiv Gandhi remained apolitical. She then bent down to touch his feet and detonated a belt laden with 700 g (1.5 lb) of RDX explosives tucked under her dress. [59], Soon after assuming office, Gandhi released the leaders of the Akali Dal who had been imprisoned since 1984's Operation Blue Star during Indira Gandhi's prime ministership. [citation needed], This article is about the politician. The Supreme Court judgement, by Justice K. T. Thomas, confirmed that Gandhi was killed because of personal animosity by the LTTE chief Prabhakaran arising from his sending the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka and the alleged IPKF atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils. Hearing the news, he returned to Delhi and cremated Sanjay's body. [47], On Thursday, 9 June 1988, at the fifteenth special session of the United Nations General Assembly, held at Headquarters, New York, Gandhi made vocal his views on a world free of nuclear weapons, to be realised through an, 'Action Plan for Ushering in a Nuclear-Weapon Free and Non-Violent World Order.'[48][49]. The accord "envisaged a devolution of power to the Tamil-majority areas", dissolved the LTTE, and designated Tamil as an official language of Sri Lanka. Alas, nuclear weapons are not the only weapons of mass destruction. Former Home Minister PV Narasimha Rao was put in charge of defence. New knowledge is being generated in the life sciences. In 1988, he reversed the coup in Maldives, antagonising militant Tamil groups such as PLOTE, intervening and then sending peacekeeping troops to Sri Lanka in 1987, leading to open conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Punjab's state assembly election was scheduled in September 1985, but Longowal died and was replaced by Surjit Singh Barnala, who formed the government. According to Pitroda, by 2007 they were "adding six million phones every month". The following year he won his brother's Parliamentary seat of Amethi and became a member of the Lok Sabha—the lower house of India's Parliament. In 1951, Rajiv and Sanjay were admitted to Shiv Niketan school, where the teachers said Rajiv was shy and introverted, and "greatly enjoyed painting and drawing". In December 1991, Amal Datta raised the issue in the Indian Parliament; the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Shivraj Patil, expunged Rajiv Gandhi's name from the proceedings. Both the Hindu right and liberals blame Rajiv Gandhi for the Shah Bano flip-flop, accusing him of indulging in minority appeasement. 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The intervention of India averted the coup. [10], On 23 June 1980, Rajiv's younger brother Sanjay Gandhi died unexpectedly in an aeroplane crash. [21] According to Verinder Grover, the statement made by Gandhi was a "virtual justification" of the riots. Indira told them it was Rajiv's decision whether to enter politics. [46] In the 1988 Maldives coup d'état, the Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom asked for help from Gandhi. [93] Later, it was reported that Gandhi's daughter, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, had met Nalini at Vellore Central Prison in March 2008. She argued that even life convicts were released after 14 years. [44] According to Laskar, Rajiv Gandhi's diplomacy was "properly calibrated" so as to be "conciliatory and accommodating when required" and "assertive when the occasion demanded." [27] V.P. [95][96], In August 2011, the President of India rejected the clemency pleas of Murugan and two others on death row—Suthendraraja, alias Santhan, and Perarivalan, alias Arivu. Congress leader Anand Sharma said, "Operation Black Thunder effectively demonstrated the will of Rajiv Gandhi's government to take firm action to bring peace to Punjab". A considerable portion of funds obtained from this channel were used to support his party. [60], In May 1988, Gandhi launched the Operation Black Thunder to clear the Golden Temple in Amritsar of arms and gunmen. After Sanjay's death in a plane crash in 1980, Gandhi reluctantly entered politics at the behest of Indira. Sanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician who was notably known to be the younger son of politician Indira Gandhi and brother to Rajiv Gandhi. [101][102][103] On 18 February 2014, the Supreme Court of India commuted the death sentences of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan to life imprisonment, holding that the 11-year-long delay in deciding their mercy petition had a dehumanising effect on them. [76] In December 2011, Subramanian Swamy wrote to the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, citing the article and asking him to take action on black money accounts of the Nehru-Gandhi family. Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician who began serving as the 6th Prime Minister of India after his mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984. [113], A movie titled Madras Cafe showed the planning of an intelligence agency to stop the assassination and catch the LTTE leader. In mid-1987, the Bofors scandal damaged his corruption-free image and resulted in a major defeat for his party in the 1989 election. He said he would monitor their performance and would "fire ministers who do not come to the mark". [65] Gandhi's government also allowed the import of fully assembled motherboards, which led to the price of computers being reduced. These lethal, inexorable laws: Rajiv, his men and his regime. [34][35] Indian magazine Business and Economics called it a minority appeasement by Gandhi. [30], Gandhi's first action as Prime Minister was passing the anti-defection law in January 1985. We shall not shrink our obligations and commitments. Sonia Maino, born and grown up in Italy, a Catholic country, met in England her future husband, Rajiv Gandhi, student and the first son of Indira Gandhi, the … However, at the end, they were unable to save Rajiv Gandhi. The then Army Chief planned an op but Rajiv Gandhi denied him permission to push back PLA," he said. In 1970, he was employed as a pilot by Air India; unlike Sanjay, he did not exhibit any interest of joining politics. [39], Gandhi increased government support for science, technology and associated industries, and reduced import quotas, taxes and tariffs on technology-based industries, especially computers, airlines, defence and telecommunications. Subsidies were given to corporate companies to increase industrial production, especially of durable goods. [37] Gandhi's colleague Arif Mohammad Khan, who was then a Member of Parliament, resigned in protest. A state funeral was held for Gandhi on 24 May 1991; it was telecast live and was attended by dignitaries from over 60 countries. In 2004, he was posthumously cleared of this allegation. His leadership was tested over the next few days as organised mobs of congress supporters rioted against the Sikh community, resulting in anti-Sikh massacres in Delhi with sources estimate the number of Sikh deaths at about 8,000–17,000. [24], Soon after assuming office, Gandhi asked President Singh to dissolve Parliament and hold fresh elections, as the Lok Sabha had completed its five-year term. [5] From 1962 to 1965 he studied engineering at Trinity College, Cambridge, but did not obtain a degree. [81], The explosion killed Gandhi, Rajaratnam, and at least 14 other people. Rajiv Gandhi Quiz Questions. [18] He first showed his organisational ability by "working round the clock" on the 1982 Asian Games. We know the people were very angry and for a few days it seemed that India had been shaken. According to this law, an elected Member of Parliament or legislative assembly could not join an opposition party until the next election. [28], After his swearing-in as Prime Minister, Gandhi appointed his fourteen-member cabinet. Rajiv was also educated at the Ecole D'Humanité, an international boarding school in Switzerland. [citation needed] He was one of 33 members of the Indian parliament who were part of the Games' organising committee; sports historian Boria Majumdar writes that being "son of the prime minister he had a moral and unofficial authority" over the others. [113], A movie titled Madras Cafe showed the planning of an intelligence agency to stop the assassination and catch the LTTE leader. It was hoped this would increase economic growth and improve the quality of investment. [57] Gandhi said: The Government of India believe that, despite some problems and delays, many of which were foreseen but unavoidable in the resolution of an issue of this magnitude and complexity, this Agreement represents the only way of safeguarding legitimate Tamil interests and ensuring a durable peace in Sri Lanka. The letter says the KGB maintained contact with Gandhi, who expressed his gratitude to the KGB for benefits accruing to his family from commercial dealings of a controlled firm. The guard was then dragged off by his security personnel. Gandhi agreed to their demands. Feroze Gandhi. [79] In their 1994 book The State Within a State, journalists Yevgenia Albats and Catherine Fitzpatrick quoted a letter signed by Viktor Chebrikov, head of the KGB, in the 1980s. Citing McKinsey as a source, the article stated that Rajiv Gandhi held 2.5 billion Swiss francs in secret Indian accounts in Switzerland. [4] Rajiv was sent to London in 1961 to study A-levels. [28], After his swearing-in as Prime Minister, Gandhi appointed his fourteen-member cabinet. The Supreme Court judgement, by Justice K. T. Thomas, confirmed that Gandhi was killed because of personal animosity by the LTTE chief Prabhakaran arising from his sending the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka and the alleged IPKF atrocities against Sri Lankan Tamils. As a child, Rajiv was a shy and introverted kid who had a deep interest in painting. [72] Singh led the National Front coalition to victory in 1989 elections and he was sworn in as Prime Minister. [97] The execution of the three convicts was scheduled for 9 September 2011. After Sanjay's death in a plane crash in 1980, Gandhi reluctantly entered politics at the behest of Indira. But, when a mighty tree falls, it is only natural that the earth around it does shake a little". After Indira Gandhi's assassination, Rajiv Gandhi, her eldest son was sworn in as Prime Minister by the President of India. [65] Pitroda also said their plan to expand India's telephone network succeeded because of Gandhi's political support. [18] In December the same year, he was put in charge of the Indian Youth Congress. [46] In the 1988 Maldives coup d'état, the Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom asked for help from Gandhi. Wijemuni was imprisoned for two-and-a-half years for the assault. He benefited from his youth and a general perception of being free of a background in corrupt politics. This phenomenon attracted attention the world over. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi welcomed the judgement at … As part of his political grooming, Rajiv was made general secretary of the Congress party and given significant responsibility in organising the 1982 Asian Games. [79] In December 2001, Subramanian Swamy filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court; the Court ordered CBI to ascertain the truth of the allegations in May 2002. Commenting on the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi said, "When a giant tree falls, the earth below shakes";[23] a statement for which he was widely criticised. This was based on his prior historic speech before the Japanese National Diet on 29 November 1985, in which he said: Let us remove the mental partitions which obstruct the ennobling vision of the human family linked together in peace and prosperity. According to this law, an elected Member of Parliament or legislative assembly could not join an opposition party until the next election. [2], Rajiv Gandhi was born in Bombay on 20 August 1944 to Indira and Feroze Gandhi. Commenting on the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi said, "When a giant tree falls, the earth below shakes";[23] a statement for which he was widely criticised. Military applications of these developments could rapidly undermine the existing convention against the military use of biological weapons. [85] He was cremated at Veer Bhumi, on the banks of the river Yamuna near the shrines of his mother Indira Gandhi, brother Sanjay Gandhi, and grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru. On 30 July 1987, a day after Gandhi went to Sri Lanka and signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord, an honour guard named Vijitha Rohana hit him on his shoulder with his rifle; Gandhi's quick reflexes saved him from injury. Upon discovering the scandal, Singh was dismissed from office and later resigned his Congress membership. Rajiv Gandhi's period in office was mired in controversies; perhaps the greatest crises were the Bhopal disaster, Bofors scandal and Mohd. 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His widow Sonia became the president of the Congress party in 1998 and led the party to victory in the 2004 and 2009 parliamentary elections. Godse stated that "Gandhi had betrayed his Hindu religion and culture by supporting Muslims at the expense of Hindus" because his lectures of ahimsa (non-violence) were directed at and accepted by the Hindu community only. [32], In 1985, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favour of Muslim divorcee Shah Bano, declaring that her husband should give her alimony. [clarification needed][79], Rajiv Gandhi's last public meeting was on 21 May 1991, at Sriperumbudur, a village approximately 40 km (25 mi) from Madras (present-day Chennai), where he was assassinated while campaigning for the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Congress candidate. [20] Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote, "Did it constitute an incitement to mass murder?" [citation needed] From the Third Indira Gandhi ministry, he removed two powerful figures; Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Railway Minister A. [21] According to Verinder Grover, the statement made by Gandhi was a "virtual justification" of the riots. [71], Opposition parties Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Socialist) and Jan Morcha united under Singh to form the Janata Dal. Rajiv Gandhi was an outsider in politics, his political life, accidental. However, the Madras High Court intervened and stayed their executions for eight weeks based on their petitions. After two years, in 1987, Barnala resigned his office because of a breakdown of law and order, leading to the implementation of President's rule in the state. He is also the grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru and father to well-known politicians Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi. Hearing the news, he returned to Delhi and cremated Sanjay's body. Rajiv was also educated at the Ecole D'Humanité, an international boarding school in Switzerland. This phenomenon attracted attention the world over. He dispatched 1500 soldiers and the coup was suppressed. . Delhi: South Asia Books. [62] Gandhi also ended the Assam Movement, which was launched by Assamese people to protest against the alleged illegal migration of Bangladeshi Muslims and immigration of other Bengalis to their state, which had reduced the Assamese to a minority there. The ambit of our concern must extend to all means of mass annihilation. Gandhi signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in July 1987. [63], Gandhi employed former Rockwell International executive Sam Pitroda as his adviser on public information infrastructure and innovation. For other uses of the name, see. [92] Rajiv's widow, Sonia Gandhi, intervened and asked for clemency for Nalini on the grounds of the latter being a mother. 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