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Rahul Gandhi (born June 19, 1970) is an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress. He is the son of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi, the grandson of the late Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, and the great-grandson of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1991, his father (also a former prime minister) was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers.
His mother, Sonia Gandhi, took over as the president of the Indian National Congress in 1998 but Rahul stayed away from politics until 2004. He worked as a financial consultant in London before returning to India in August 2002.
He won a seat in the 2004 parliamentary election from AmethiAmethi is a place in India, in the south-west part of Sultanpur. It is known as the seat of power of the Indian Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru and both the sons of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Shri Sanjay Gandhi and Shri Raj in Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh ( is the largest state in India. The administrative and legislative capital is Lucknow and the judicial capital is Allahabad. Other notable cities include Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Varanasi (Benares), Gorakhpur, Kanpur. Neighbouring states are by a margin of 300,500 votes. Incidentally, he is the same age as his late uncle Sanjay GandhiSanjay Gandhi ( December 14, 1946 June 23, 1980) was an Indian politician. Sanjay was the younger son of Feroze Gandhi and his wife Indira Gandhi, and was generally regarded as his mother's likely successor as leader of India. His death in a plane crash, was when he won the elections from Amethi years ago. His sister, Priyanka GandhiPriyanka Gandhi (born January 11, 1971), a member of the Nehru-Gandhi political family, is the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of Indian Prime Ministers. She was born in Delhi to Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi. She is married to Robert Vadra and, helped supervise his campaign.
Gandhi,Rahul
Gandhi,Rahul
