Rajiv Gandhi was born on 20 August 1944 in Mumbai. An Indian politician, Gandhi became Prime Minister of India at the age of forty after the assassination of his mother, Indira Gandhi, in 1984. A former airline pilot who had entered politics reluctantly after the death of his brother Sanjay, he led the Congress Party to a landslide victory. His government promoted computers and telecommunications and sought to liberalize the economy, but it was affected by the Bofors arms scandal and the controversial deployment of Indian troops in Sri Lanka. He lost the 1989 election and was killed in 1991 by a suicide bomber of the Tamil Tigers while campaigning.
Before and after
- from 7 August 1944 to 19 September 1944Battle for Brest
- from 12 August 1944 to 21 August 1944Falaise Pocket
- from 15 August 1944 to 14 September 1944Operation Dragoon
- from 19 August 1944 to 25 August 1944Liberation of Paris
- 20 August 1944Birth of Rajiv Gandhi
- from 29 August 1944 to 28 October 1944Slovak National Uprising
- from 30 August 1944 to 7 September 1959Grande Noirceur
- 5 September 1944Founding of Benelux
- from 14 September 1944 to 10 February 1945Battle of Hürtgen Forest
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