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Rajiv Gandhi

August 2022

  • Hundreds of Muslim refugees in Delhi pack inside and atop the engine and coaches of a Pakistan-bound train on 27 September 1947.

    India marks 75 years of independence from Britain – in pictures

    This month marks three-quarters of a century since the creation of the independent state of India after British rule. Here we look back at some of the key events that shaped the country

December 2018

  • People burn placards and effigies of India’s main opposition Congress party leaders, Sajjan Kumar and Kamal Nath, during a protest near the party’s headquarters in New Delhi.

    Former Indian MP jailed for life over 1984 Sikh massacre

    Congress party’s Sajjan Kumar is most prominent figure to be convicted over mass murder

November 2017

  • Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi speaks after the Bhopal disaster in December 1984.

    From the Guardian archive
    Rajiv the nice and the nasty: profile of new Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi – archive, 1984

    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. First, and most urgent of all, he has to keep the peace

December 2016

  • Indian soldiers take positions from a building adjoining the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star in 1984

    Sikh campaigners seek release of UK files on Golden Temple assault

    Indian government’s attempt to clear militants from Sikh religion’s holiest site in 1984 resulted in hundreds being killed

May 2014

  • Ian Jack

    Ian Jack on Saturday
    Are Sonia and Rahul Gandhi caught in a dance with destiny they can't escape?

    Ian Jack
  • India's Prime Pinister designate Narendra Modi addresses the media

    The real reasons behind Narendra Modi's victory

April 2014

  • Ian Jack

    Ian Jack on Saturday
    Narendra Modi: India's saviour, or sectarian with blood on his hands?

    Ian Jack
  • Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

    Another member of Gandhi dynasty weighs into bitter Indian election battle

March 2014

  • Rahul Gandhi meets rickshaw pullers on the campaign trail for the 2014 general elections

    Rahul Gandhi gives rare interview in bid to appear approachable before polls

    Scion of India's most famous political dynasty says he has no immediate plans to marry and reveals dislike of Hollywood films

February 2014

  • Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

    India's supreme court says Rajiv Gandhi killers cannot be released

  • Rajiv Gandhi

    Seven convicted over Rajiv Gandhi assassination set to be freed

  • Rajiv Gandhi in 1991. All seven people convicted of his assassination are to be freed.

    All seven convicted of Rajiv Gandhi assassination to be freed

  • Rajiv Gandhi in 1989 – he was assassinated two years later.

    Rajiv Gandhi assassination death sentences commuted

January 2014

  • Indira Gandhi 1981

    Alleged British role in 1984 Amritsar assault shocks many in India

    Indian politicians demand Cameron statement on claims UK forces were consulted before storming of Golden Temple

December 2013

  • Indian workers remove a barrier outside the US embassy over the alleged mistreatment of Khobragade

    India escalates diplomatic row after consul's arrest and strip-search in US

    Handling of Devyani Khobragade's alleged visa fraud angers Indians with barriers removed from US embassy in reprisal

May 2013

  • archivenehru

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 28 May 1964: The death of Nehru

    Originally published in the Guardian on 28 May 1964: In death as in life this was a face not of repose but of eager, impatient discovery

May 2012

  • Rajiv Gandhi

    From the Guardian archive
    From the archive, 22 May 1991: Rajiv Gandhi assassinated in bomb blast

    Originally published in the Guardian on 22 May 1991: New York Times reporter Barbara Crossette gives an eyewitness account of Rajiv Gandhi's murder at an election rally in India, and of the last interview he gave on that fateful journey

May 1999

  • Gandhi devotees seek to woo back 'wounded' Sonia

    Sonia Gandhi emerged from her high-security cocoon yesterday for the first time since she resigned as Congress leader, to scatter jasmine petals on the riverside memorial to her husband, Rajiv, who was blown up by a suicide bomber exactly eight years ago.

May 1991

  • India calls day of mourning amid fears of poll violence

  • India calls day of mourning amid fears of poll violence

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