Son of the previous Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, and grandson of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi was the logical successor in India's "democratic dynasty” when his mother was assassinated in 1984. (Rajiv Gandhi)

Son of the previous Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, and grandson of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhi was the logical successor in India's "democratic dynasty” when his mother was assassinated in 1984.

Rajiv Gandhi

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