Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray pays tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray pays tributes to Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary

ANIUpdated: Friday, August 20, 2021, 03:58 PM IST
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Maharshtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray paid tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 77th birth anniversary.

The ceremony took place at Chief Minister's residence.

August 20 marks the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Rajiv Gandhi took over the charge of the Congress in 1984 following the assassination of his mother and then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He became India's youngest Prime Minister at the age of 40.

Born on August 20 in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991.

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