When was sonia gandhi born

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Sonia Gandhi Follow Followers. Following Followers. Cancel OK. Spouse's Profession Former Prime Minister. Present address 10, Janpath,New Delhi - Email raebareli. Interesting Facts 1 In her childhood, she was very fond of Football and used to play Football with the children of her neighbourhood. Before her marriage, she was staying with the Bachchans at their Wellington Crescent House.

She has a diploma in the conservation of oil paintings from the National Museum in New Delhi. Political Timeline Following the resignation of Rahul Ghandhi as the Congress party preseident, Sonia Gandhi stepped in as the interim president. In Lok Sabha Elections, she was re-elected from Raebareli constituency for the third term.

In the year , she went to Bell Educational Trust's language school in Cambridge to learn English after receiving primary education in local catholic schools. In , she met Rajiv Gandhi at the Varsity rooftop bar in Cambridge while working as a bar attender there. In , Sonia and Rajiv married in a Hindu ceremony and moved to India. The couple gave birth to two children-- Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Vadra. Both Sonia and Rajiv stayed away from politics. Rajiv worked as an airline pilot and Sonia was a housewife then.

After the death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi on June 23, , Rajiv Gandhi entered politics in After Rajiv Gandhi's five years in office, the Bofors Scandal broke out. The Italian businessman, Ottavio Quattrocchi was involved as per several reports and was believed to be a friend of Sonia Gandhi, who had the access to PM's official residence.

Narasimha Rao was made the Prime Minister of India. In , Congress lost the elections and several senior leaders left the Congress Party.

She became the leader of the party in As a result, Sonia offered to resign and the members were expelled and later on formed the Nationalist Congress Party. In Focus. Congress Sandesh. National Herald. Fact Checks. India At Rajiv Gandhi Panchayati Raj Sangathan.

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