Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra paid homage to their father Rajiv Gandhi at Vir Bhumi on his 78th birth anniversary

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The youngest Prime Minister of India was born at a time when his grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru, was in Ahmednagar jail and was busy in writing The Discovery of India manuscript

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Born on 20th August 1944, Gandhi took oath as the 6th Prime Minister of India on the same day his mother Indira Gandhi was assassinated

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He was educated at Dehradun’s Welham Boys’ School and Doon School and even went to a boarding school in Switzerland named Ecole D'Humanité

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Although he set on an intention to study engineering, he did not completed the degree and returned to India following which he became a member of the Flying Club, where he was trained as a pilot

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He was employed as a pilot by Indian Airlines in 1970

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On the occasion of his 78th birth anniversary, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor shared a photograph of Gandhi’s private pilot licence in a tweet

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“#RememberingRajivGandhi on what would have been his 78th birthday. He piloted the nation to greater heights but was cruelly snatched from us in mid-flight,” Tharoor tweeted

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Rajiv Gandhi married Sonia Gandhi in 1968 and had two children Rahul and Priyanka in 1970 and 1972 respectively

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He was assassinated by LTTE terrorists in 1991 and was posthumously awarded India’s highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna, in 1991.

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