About this Gallery
Today, on Rajiv Gandhi’s 77th birth anniversary, we look back at some of the captured special moments during his lifetime…
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Indira Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia’s mother Paola Maino pose for The Times of India moments after Rajiv and Sonia tied the knot in New Delhi on February 25, 1968.
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Rajiv Gandhi with Sonia, days before their marriage, in New Delhi on February 17, 1968.
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Young pilot and son of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and his Italian bride Sonia seen posing in their bridal outfit for The Times of India, moments after their marriage, in New Delhi on February 25, 1968.
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Former PM Rajiv Gandhi (C) and Sonia Gandhi with the Punjab folk dance troupe in New Delhi, 1985.
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A file picture of 1989 of Rajiv Gandhi and wife Sonia Gandhi paying respect to the National Anthem as an official function gets over in New Delhi on May 1, 1989.
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Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru with Rajiv and Sanjay (R) on August 15, 1954.
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Rajiv Gandhi signing the marriage register in New Delhi on January 1, 1968 as Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (sitting), Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and others look on.
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Rajiv Gandhi in a traditional dress of Arunachal Pradesh in Itanagar, 1987.
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Rajiv Gandhi along with his wife Sonia Gandhi at his residence in New Delhi, in this November 8, 1987, file photo.
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