Two groups called National Security Guard and Special Action Group were created; they surrounded the temple in a 10-day siege during which the extremists' weapons were confiscated. The report of the Jain Commission created controversy when it accused the Tamil Nadu chief minister Karunanidhi of a role in the assassination, leading to Congress withdrawing its support for the I. K. Gujral government and fresh elections in 1998. [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. Citing McKinsey as a source, the article stated that Rajiv Gandhi held 2.5 billion Swiss francs in secret Indian accounts in Switzerland. For much of his childhood, his maternal grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister. [71], Opposition parties Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Socialist) and Jan Morcha united under Singh to form the Janata Dal. a) New Delhi b) Allahabad c) Gandhi Nagar d) Bombay. 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[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. [29] During his tenure as Prime Minister, Gandhi frequently shuffled his cabinet ministers, drawing criticism from the magazine India Today, which called it a "wheel of confusion". For much of his childhood, his maternal grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister. A week later, the party officially announced his candidacy for the constituency. [33] In 1986, the Parliament of India passed The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986, which nullified the Supreme Court's judgment in the Shah Bano case. The sixth Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989 who took office after the assassination of his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.He was the youngest Indian premier and he was known for his dismantling of government quotas, tariffs and permit regulations on economic … A senior opposition member, while talking to me, conceded that . The then Army Chief planned an op but Rajiv Gandhi denied him permission to push back PLA," he said. He was the incandescent face of ennobling secularism birthed by modernity and techno-scientific thinking. The intervention of India averted the coup. [3], He was admitted to the Welham Boys' School, Dehradun and Doon School, Dehradun in 1954, where Sanjay joined him two years later. [86] The Gandhi administration had already antagonised other Tamil militant organisations like PLOTE for reversing the 1988 military coup in Maldives. [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. [113], A movie titled Madras Cafe showed the planning of an intelligence agency to stop the assassination and catch the LTTE leader. 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[71], Opposition parties Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Socialist) and Jan Morcha united under Singh to form the Janata Dal. The Act diluted the Supreme Court judgment and allowed maintenance payments to divorced women only during the period of Iddah, or until 90 days after the divorce, according to the provisions of Islamic law. [20] Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar wrote, "Did it constitute an incitement to mass murder?" Hearing the news, he returned to Delhi and cremated Sanjay's body. . [80] Albats later said that in December 1985, Chebrikov had asked for authorisation from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to make payments to family members of Rajiv Gandhi, including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. Gandhi discussed the matter with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranasinghe Premadasa at the SAARC meeting in 1986. [69] Mukherjee said Gandhi explained his position in a meeting between the two at the Prime Minister's residence on 19 June 1989. After Indira Gandhi's assassination, Rajiv Gandhi, her eldest son was sworn in as Prime Minister by the President of India. Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was an Indian politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. Rajiv Gandhi succumbs to pressure of Muslim hardliners The Muslim hardliners, clerics pushed the then Rajiv Gandhi government, elected in 1984, to pass the Muslim Women (Protection on Divorce Act), 1986. [2], Rajiv Gandhi was born in Bombay on 20 August 1944 to Indira and Feroze Gandhi. [15], On 4 May 1981, Indira Gandhi presided over a meeting of the All India Congress Committee. [67], In an interview in July 2005, V.P.Singh explained that his fall out with Rajiv Gandhi was not due to the Bofors deal, but rather due to the HDW deal. He told Rajiv Gandhi about this and instituted an enquiry. 9 November 1984 Rajiv came to power after his mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated.As new Prime Minister of India he has no shortage of problems. Gandhi signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in July 1987. Gandhi was from the politically powerful Nehru–Gandhi family, which had been associated with the Indian National Congress party. 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. In 1987, Gandhi addressed this problem; Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh were given the status of states that were earlier union territories. By my ducking, he missed my head and the brunt of the blow came on my shoulder below the left ear. He attended college in the United Kingdom and returned as a professional pilot to India in 1966. [88][89][90] Nalini Sriharan, the only surviving member of the five-member squad behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, is serving life imprisonment. He returned to India in 1966 and became a professional pilot for the state-owned Indian Airlines. [32], In 1985, the Supreme Court of India ruled in favour of Muslim divorcee Shah Bano, declaring that her husband should give her alimony. B. Punjab's state assembly election was scheduled in September 1985, but Longowal died and was replaced by Surjit Singh Barnala, who formed the government. The intervention of India averted the coup. [21] According to Verinder Grover, the statement made by Gandhi was a "virtual justification" of the riots. [72] Singh led the National Front coalition to victory in 1989 elections and he was sworn in as Prime Minister. [108][109] A memorial called Veer Bhumi was constructed at the place of Gandhi's cremation in Delhi. 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. [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. [30], Gandhi's first action as Prime Minister was passing the anti-defection law in January 1985. Some have chosen to criticise the Agreement. [18] He first showed his organisational ability by "working round the clock" on the 1982 Asian Games. Citing McKinsey as a source, the article stated that Rajiv Gandhi held 2.5 billion Swiss francs in secret Indian accounts in Switzerland. Even a few years ago in the Wikipedia page his name was written as Rajiv (Khan) Gandhi. [40] But according to Professor Atul Kohli of Princeton University in a book published by Cambridge University, Gandhi faced stiff opposition from Congress leadership who thought "it would open the economy to external economic influences". [22], Rajiv Gandhi was in West Bengal on 31 October 1984 when his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, to avenge the military attack on the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star. 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. Historian Manish Telikicherla Chary calls it a measure of curbing corruption and bribery of ministers by switching parties so they could gain majority. B. According to the accord, foreigners who came to the state between 1951 and 1961 were given full citizenship but those who arrived there between 1961 and 1971 did not get right to vote for the next ten years. [19] The report submitted by the Asian Games committee mentions Gandhi's "drive, zeal and initiative" for the "outstanding success" of the games. Upon discovering the scandal, Singh was dismissed from office and later resigned his Congress membership. Gandhi really was not studious enough, as he went on to admit later. 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. But, when a mighty tree falls, it is only natural that the earth around it does shake a little". [44] According to Laskar, the "whole gamut" of Rajiv Gandhi's foreign policy was "geared towards" making India "strong, independent, self-reliant and in the front rank of the nations of the world." [69] Mukherjee said Gandhi explained his position in a meeting between the two at the Prime Minister's residence on 19 June 1989. [81], The explosion killed Gandhi, Rajaratnam, and at least 14 other people. [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. The court confirmed the death sentences of four of the convicts, including Nalini, on 11 May 1999. On 23 April 1985, a 62-year old Muslim woman Shah Bano won the right to alimony in the Supreme Court. Gandhi really was not studious enough, as he went on to admit later. In that year, the Sri Lankan army blockaded the Tamil majority district of Jaffna; Gandhi ordered relief supplies to be dropped into the area by parachute because the Sri Lankan navy did not allow the Indian Navy to enter.[56]. At that time, Rajiv Gandhi was in London as part of his foreign tour. [46] In the 1988 Maldives coup d'état, the Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom asked for help from Gandhi. According to Pitroda, by 2007 they were "adding six million phones every month". [34][35] Indian magazine Business and Economics called it a minority appeasement by Gandhi. [92] Rajiv's widow, Sonia Gandhi, intervened and asked for clemency for Nalini on the grounds of the latter being a mother. Punjab's state assembly election was scheduled in September 1985, but Longowal died and was replaced by Surjit Singh Barnala, who formed the government. Rajiv Gandhi was an outsider in politics, his political life, accidental. [50][51][52], The foiled bid of India recently to enter the Nuclear Suppliers Group, echoed his policy of non-proliferation to be linked to universal disarmament, which the World Nuclear Association refuses to recognise; non-proliferation being seen by India as essentially a weapon of the arms control regime, of the big nuclear powers as United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, and China. Nalini's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in April 2000. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum. [11] As per Agarwal, in the week following Sanjay's death, Shankaracharya Swami Shri Swaroopanand, a saint from Badrinath, visited the family's house to offer his condolences. Bio; Full Name: Rajiv Ratna Gandhi: Profession: Indian Politician: Political Party: Indian National Congress: Political Journey • Upon the command of his mother Indira Gandhi, he reluctantly stepped into politics in 1980 after his brother Sanjay's death. This law overturned the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Shah Bano case. In 1970, he was employed as a pilot by Air India; unlike Sanjay, he did not exhibit any interest of joining politics. 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). [15], On 4 May 1981, Indira Gandhi presided over a meeting of the All India Congress Committee. 2) Where was Rajiv Gandhi born? Rajiv Gandhi reiterated his party’s commitment to secularism in his speech attended by just 100 persons, an indication of which way the wind was blowing. The report of the Jain Commission created controversy when it accused the Tamil Nadu chief minister Karunanidhi of a role in the assassination, leading to Congress withdrawing its support for the I. K. Gujral government and fresh elections in 1998. [68], In his book, Unknown Facets of Rajiv Gandhi, Jyoti Basu and Indrajit Gupta, released in November 2013, former CBI director Dr. A P Mukherjee wrote that Gandhi wanted commission paid by defence suppliers to be used exclusively for meeting running expenses of the Congress party. [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. [97] The execution of the three convicts was scheduled for 9 September 2011. For other uses of the name, see. [6][7] In 1966 he began a course in mechanical engineering at Imperial College London, but did not complete it also. Please note that Mr. Firoze Gandhi changed his title by Affidavit only. [28], After his swearing-in as Prime Minister, Gandhi appointed his fourteen-member cabinet. 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. [44], In 1986, by request of the President of Seychelles France-Albert René, Gandhi sent India's navy to Seychelles to oppose an attempted coup against René. He lifted the ban on All India Sikh Students Federation and filed an inquiry into the 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots. Rajiv Gandhi Quiz Questions. Wijemuni was imprisoned for two-and-a-half years for the assault. 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. A considerable portion of funds obtained from this channel were used to support his party. Rajiv Gandhi Jal Sanchay Yojana (RGJSY) is being implemented with effective convergence of various Central and State schemes, effective convergence of funds, assistance of Corporate, Religious trusts, Social sects, NGOs and public contribution, and by providing State fund to execute water conservation and water harvesting activities. Upon discovering the scandal, Singh was dismissed from office and later resigned his Congress membership. [65] Pitroda also said their plan to expand India's telephone network succeeded because of Gandhi's political support. LTTE spokesman Anton Balasingham told the Indian television channel NDTV the killing was a "great tragedy, a monumental historical tragedy which we deeply regret". The Act diluted the Supreme Court judgment and allowed maintenance payments to divorced women only during the period of Iddah, or until 90 days after the divorce, according to the provisions of Islamic law. [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." . 1) When was Rajiv Gandhi born? He also criticised Gandhi for his reluctance to bring the army from Meerut to handle the mob. 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. After Sanjay's death in a plane crash in 1980, Gandhi reluctantly entered politics at the behest of Indira. [112] In March 2015, Haryana sports minister Anil Vij said that at that time there were 232 rural stadia in India, with 226 of them being named after him. [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. He was often viewed as the person who would have succeeded in his mother’s place as the Prime Minister as he had shown a … In 1972, the couple had a daughter, Priyanka Gandhi, who married Robert Vadra. Singh who was initially appointed as the Finance Minister, was given the Defence Ministry in 1987. [86] The Gandhi administration had already antagonised other Tamil militant organisations like PLOTE for reversing the 1988 military coup in Maldives. . A senior opposition member, while talking to me, conceded that . While campaigning for the elections, he was assassinated by a suicide bomber from the LTTE. [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. The guard was then dragged off by his security personnel. 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. [27] V.P. [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. Gandhi reciprocated, in December 1988, by visiting Islamabad and meeting the new Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, to reaffirm the 1972 Shimla agreement. [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. [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. 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