GANDHI, RAJIV

räjˈĭv, räjēvˈ, 1944–91, prime minister of India (1984–89). Oldest son of Indira Gandhi, he flew for Indian Airlines until his brother died in 1981 and he was drafted into politics by his mother. He was elected to parliament and when his mother, Indira Gandhi, was assassinated in 1984 he succeeded her as prime minister, leading the Congress party (see Indian National Congress) to a sweeping election victory. His government encouraged foreign investment, and industry boomed with the loosening of business controls. In 1987 he sent Indian peacekeeping forces to Sri Lanka in an unsuccessful attempt to mediate an end to Tamil-Sinhalese violence there. Allegations of corruption and arrogance diminished Gandhi's popularity, and in 1989 he resigned as prime minister when the Congress party lost its parliamentary majority. He was assassinated by Tamil separatists in 1991. In 1999, Gandhi was posthumously charged with participating in a kickback scheme in a 1989 arms deal. He was married to Sonia Gandhi.

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books on: Gandhi Rajiv  - 458 results

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A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography on Mahatma Gandhi - Vol. 1
Book by Ananda M. Pandiri; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Gandhi--Mahatma--1869-1948--Bibliography
...301 , 302 , 307 , 308 , 529, 532, 658, 659, 986-1483, 1484-1575, 1576-1671, 2084 Gandhi, Prabhudas, 313 Gandhi, Rajiv, 1053, 2156 Gandhi Book House, 2154 Gandhi Memorial Academy Society, Nairobi, 300 Gandhi Memorial Museum and...
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Gandhi Today: The Story of Mahatma Gandhi's Successors
Book by Mark Shepard; Seven Locks Press, 1987
Subjects: Ahioms?A, Gandhi--Mahatma--1869-1948--Political And Social Views, India--Social Conditions--1947-, Nonviolence, Passive Resistance--India
Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Mahatma , vii , viii , xiii , 1 - 10...63, 84, 91, 94, 100-101, 104 and Vinoba Bhave, 13 Gandhi Peace Foundation, 34 , 138 Gandhi, Rajiv, 38 Gramdan , 20 -23, 26 , 27 , 38, 39, 45, 65 , 91...
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Gandhi, Mao, Mandela, and Gorbachev: Studies in Personality, Power, and Politics
Book by Anthony R. Deluca; Praeger Publishers, 2000
Subjects: Gandhi--Mahatma--1869-1948, Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich--1931-, Mandela, Nelson--1918-, Mao, Tse-Tung--1893-1976, World Politics--20th Century
...interesting to note that Indira Gandhi, Nehrus daughter, when speaking...that both she and her son, Rajiv, were sacrificed on the altar...extremist assassins. In the end Gandhi was not just a holy man. He...audience the parallels between Gandhi and Martin Luther King are self...
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Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction
Book by Leela Gandhi; Allen & Unwin, 1998
Subjects: Postcolonialism
...civilisational plenitude and non-Western lack. Indeed, Rushdie himself invokes a similar rhetoric in his open letter to Rajiv Gandhi, written in response to Indias pre-emptive proscription of The Satanic Verses : The right to freedom of expression...
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A History of India
Book by Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund; Routledge, 1998
Subjects: India--History
...Khalistan. The daunting task of achieving this compromise was left to Indira Gandhis son and successor, Rajiv Gandhi. The rise of Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhis brother Sanjay had died in the summer of 1980 by indulging in a daring stunt in his private...
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journal articles on: Gandhi Rajiv  - 112 results

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The Tibet Factor in India-China Relations
Journal article by Rajiv Sikri; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 64, 2011
Subjects: Boundary disputes, Chinese foreign relations, Dam construction--International aspects, Dam construction--Planning, Dam construction--Political aspects, Dams--Design and construction, Dams--International aspects, Dams--Planning, Dams--Political aspects, Indian foreign relations, Rivers--Economic aspects, Rivers--International aspects, Tibet--International relations, Water rights (International law)
...the visit of Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to China in December 1988--the...press communique issued at the end of Rajiv Gandhis visit, China "flagged its...Press, 1982), 192-200. (3) Rajiv Sikri, Challenge and Strategy...
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Review Essay: Gandhi and the Guardians— Michael Edwardes and the Apologetics of Imperialism
Journal article by Mark T. Berger; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 23, 1991
Subjects: Asia, Asia--Intellectual Life, Asia--Politics And Government
...From Stable Underdevelopment to Turbulent Growth , Third World Update ( May 1986 ), pp. 74-75; and Achin Vanaik, "The Rajiv Congress in Search of Stability", New Left Review 154 ( Nov.-Dec. 1985 ), pp. 79-80. 30 Edwardes, The Myth of the...
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Congress Decline and Party Pluralism in India
Journal article by Christopher Candland; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1997
Subjects: Bharatiya Janata Party (India)--Political activity, Gandhi, Mohandas K.--Political activity, India--History, Indian National Congress (India)--History, Political parties--India
...defense minister and finance minister to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, for example, and others expelled from the Congress...sympathy waves following the assassinations of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, respectively. In the aftermath of the 1991 parliamentary...
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Uncertain Success: The Political Economy of Indian Economic Reform
Journal article by Amitava Krishna Dutt; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1997
Subjects: Congress-I Party (India)--Economic aspects, Economic policy--Political aspects, India--Economic aspects
...governments of Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, reduces the states need to make...Following her assassination, her son Rajiv Gandhi won a convincing victory in the...the lower house of Parliament. Rajiv Gandhi pursued an approach that has been...
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Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India
Journal article by Arati Rao; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1997
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India (Book)--Reviews
...tried to shut it when the damage was already done. Rajiv Gandhi eventually paid with his life at the hands of a Tamil...power, as in Kashmir and the Punjab under Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. As political scientist Partha Chatterjee suggests...
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Vegetarians Who Roast Humans: Gujarat, North India, Reveres Gandhi and Some of Its People Won't Eat Onions for Fear of Hurting Microbes. So Why Is It Now the Scene of Such Bloody Violence?
Magazine article by Salil Tripathi; New Statesman, Vol. 131, March 11, 2002
Subjects: Ethnic relations--Religious aspects, Gandhi, Mohandas K.--Influence, Gandhi, Rajiv--Social policy, Racism--Religious aspects
...with a son-et-lumiere show on Gandhi. A little further west lies Gujarat...gujaratindia.com, bears a portrait of Gandhi. It points you towards investment...Delhi, the then prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, placated conservative Muslims by...
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Dynasty or Democracy in India?
Magazine article by Harish Khare; The Nation, Vol. 239, December 15, 1984
Subjects: Congress-I Party (India)--Political activity, Gandhi, Indira--Evaluation, Gandhi, Rajiv--Political activity, India--Political aspects
...the case of Indira Gandhi. In death, as in...her surviving son, Rajiv, became the Prime...Where do India and Rajiv go from here? After...said about Indira Gandhi. Her legacy is far more dubious. Rajiv must reap what his...
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Sri Lanka Lurches toward Civil War; Tamil Demands for Autonomy
Magazine article by Richard Greenberg; The Nation, Vol. 241, November 30, 1985
Subjects: Gandhi, Rajiv--International relations, Guerrillas--Sri Lanka, India, Indian foreign relations--Sri Lanka, National liberation movements, Sri Lanka--Political aspects, Sri Lankan foreign relations--India, Sri Lankan foreign relations--United States, Tamil United Liberation Front--Management, Tamils in Sri Lanka, Tamils--Sri Lanka, United National Party (Sri Lanka)--Management, United States, United States foreign relations--Sri Lanka
...out of a desire to court Rajiv Gandhi. The Administration considers...official told me that Indira Gandhi "may have turned a blind...contrast to his mother, Rajiv has been willing to take...Balasingham stressed. Rajiv Gandhi continues to pressure...
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After the Gandhi Assassination, Only Unpredictability Is Predictable
Magazine article by M.m. Ali; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. 10, July 1991
Subjects: Assassinations & assassination attempts, Crime, India, International, Political parties, Politics
...Is Predictable by M.m. Ali If Rajiv Gandhi had any premonition about the tragedy...When I left Washington on the day Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, I had hoped...year-old Congress Party leader Rajiv Gandhi removed the leader of the only...
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Mothers of the Nationl: Since the Rise of the Gandhis, Political Influence in India Has Been Hereditary. but While Parliament Is Packed with the Children of the Powerful, Outsiders Are Emerging. and They're Often Women
Magazine article by Patrick French; New Statesman (1996), Vol. 140, July 18, 2011
Subjects: Bharatiya Janata Party--Political aspects, Democracy--India, Democracy--Political aspects, Gandhi, Indira--Political activity, Indian National Congress--Political aspects, Nationalism--Political aspects, Prime ministers--Political aspects
...grave misjudgement: Gandhi thrived in power, trouncing...premiership, Indira Gandhi changed the way in which...her death by her son Rajiv - a socially popular...parliamentary career by Rahul Gandhi, the son of Rajiv and Sonia. Rahul is...
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newspaper articles on: Gandhi Rajiv  - 140 results

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India Swings Back from Right to Left; Nehru-Gandhi Dynasty Wields Power; BJP Out
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 22, 2004
Subjects: Gandhi, Rajiv, Gandhi, Sonia, Singh, Manmohan
...many years after her marriage to Rajiv Gandhi. The recent high drama in New...Indira Gandhi, and Indiras son Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi is the fourth member...of slain Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi at the Rajiv Gandhi memorial in...
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March Sparks Debate on Gandhi; Descendants Say Message Still Relevant
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 26, 2005
Subjects: Gandhi, Mohandas K., Gandhi, Rajiv, Gandhi, Sonia
...nonviolence." Passive violence, Mr. Gandhi said, would include all forms of...Gandhis philosophy in totality." Arun Gandhi, who once worked as journalist in...Indian federal government led by Rajiv Gandhi - grandson of Gandhis close associate...
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Firecrackers, Burning Effigies and an Election Victory That Stunned India
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), May 16, 2004
Subjects: Gandhi, Indira, Gandhi, Rajiv, Gandhi, Sonia
...political family. Her late husband and former Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi - son of Mother India Indira Gandhi - was blown up in 1991...allied to the terrorist Tamil Tigers. Sonia, 57, met Rajiv in Cambridge University in 1965 where she was studying...
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Gandhi Decides to Turn Down Post; New Leader May Be Non-Hindu
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 19, 2004
Subjects: Gandhi, Indira, Gandhi, Sonia
...former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated by...Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was gunned down by her...1984. Jawaharlal Nehru, Rajiv Gandhis grandfather...prime minister. Mrs. Gandhi was expected to nominate...
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The Return of the Gandhi Dynasty
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 25, 2004
Subjects: Gandhi, Sonia
...was. The Congress party, led by Sonia Gandhi, the Italian-born widow of Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, won handily. Prime Minister Vajpayee...Indira Gandhis successor, Sonias husband, Rajiv Gandhi, was murdered by a suicide bomber. And...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gandhi Rajiv  - 9 results

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Gandhi, Rajiv
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GANDHI, RAJIV raj iv gan de, rajev , 1944 91, prime...India (1984 89). Oldest son of Indira Gandhi , he flew for Indian Airlines until his...parliament and when his mother, Indira Gandhi , was assassinated in 1984 he succeeded...
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Gandhi, Sonia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GANDHI, SONIA , 1946 , Indian politician...as Sonia Maino. She met Rajiv Gandhi in 1965 when they were students...law, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi , accompanying her on many...succeeded as prime minister by Rajiv, Sonia remained in the background...
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Gandhi, Indira
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GANDHI, INDIRA inde r gan de, 1917 84, Indian...by her security guards in 1984. Her son Rajiv Gandhi succeeded her as prime minister. See biographies...Nehru and the Gandhis, (1985); I. Gandhi, Letters to an American Friend, 1950 1984...
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Rao, P. V. Narasimha
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Congress-I party, he held (1980 89) several cabinet posts under Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi , including foreign affairs minister (1980 84). After Rajiv Gandhis assassination in 1991, Rao was chosen to lead the Congress party, and...
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India
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the government to appoint Indiras eldest son, Rajiv Gandhi , prime minister. Rajiv moved quickly to end the rioting and thereafter...called for new elections. The following year Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated during an election rally and...
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