| Name
/ Title |
SONIA GANDHI
(born Edvige Antonia Albina Màino) |
| Date of
Birth |
December 09, 1946 |
| Identity |
Italian-born Indian politician |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1968: She got married to
Rajiv Gandhi.
- June 23, 1980: Rajiv
entered politics in 1982 after the death of his younger
brother Sanjay Gandhi in a plane crash on this day.
- April 27, 1983: She was
reported to have surrendered her Italian passport to the
Italian Embassy on this day. Since Italian nationality law
did not permit dual nationality until 1992, so by acquiring
Indian citizenship in 1983, she would automatically have
lost Italian citizenship.
- March 14, 1998: She took
over as the President of the Indian National Congress.
- March 19, 1998: She took
over as the Leader of the Opposition.
- October 10, 1999: She was
elected as the Member of Parliament for Amethi.
- May 16, 2004: She took over
as the Chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance.
- May 17, 2004: She retired
as the Member of Parliament for Amethi.
- May 22, 2004: She retired
as the Leader of the Opposition.
- June 04, 2004: She became
the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council.
- March 23, 2006: She retired
as the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council.
- October 02, 2007: She
addressed the United Nations on this day.
- March 29, 2010: She
became the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council.
- May 25, 2014: She retired
as the Chairperson of the National Advisory Council.
|
| General |
- She has served as President of the Indian National
Congress party since 1998.
- She is the widow of former Prime Minister of India,
Rajiv Gandhi who belonged to the Nehru–Gandhi family.
- After her husband's assassination in 1991, she was
invited by Congress leaders to take over the government but
she refused and publicly stayed away from politics amidst
constant prodding from the party.
- She finally agreed to join politics in 1997; in 1998,
she was elected President of the Congress party.
- She has served as the Chairperson of the ruling United
Progressive Alliance in the Lok Sabha since 2004.
- In September 2010, on being re-elected for the fourth
time, she became the longest serving president in the
125-year history of the Congress party.
- Her foreign birth has been a subject of much debate and
controversy.
- Also controversial was her alleged friendship with
Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, accused of being a
middleman in the Bofors scandal.
- Although Sonia is the fifth foreign-born person to be
leader of the Congress Party, she is the first since
independence in 1947.
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