Remembering Rajiv Gandhi on his 75th birth anniversary 

Here’s a collection of photos of the former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in various moods. He was fond of photography and whenever possible took photographs of places and people

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Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
A family photograph. Young Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi can be seen sitting with mother Sonia and grandmother Indira Gandhi
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Young Rajiv Gandhi (sitting) with grandfather Pt Jawaharlal Nehru, mother Indira Gandhi and younger brother Sanjay Gandhi

Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Rajiv Gandhi with the then Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
The cheerful groom, Rajiv Gandhi with the beaming bride Sonia Gandhi and her friends after their marriage.

Photo by Baldev Kapoor 
Photo by Baldev Kapoor 
Young Rajiv Gandhi enjoying ice cream at India Gate, Delhi with wife Sonia Gandhi
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Rajiv Gandhi with wife Sonia Gandhi during an election tour in Amethi

Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi foundation
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi foundation
Rajiv Gandhi in Paris with his mother Indira Gandhi and brother Sanjay Gandhi.
Photo courtesy: Bhawan Singh /India today
Photo courtesy: Bhawan Singh /India today
Fond of photography: Rajiv Gandhi shooting a video at Air Force Day in New Delhi         
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Rajiv Gandhi in New Delhi after winning elections for the first time 

Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Rajiv Gandhi with son Rahul Gandhi after Indira Gandhi’s death, at Akbar Road, Delhi
Photo courtesy: India Today
Photo courtesy: India Today
Rajiv Gandhi at Doon School with his old school friends (Aroon Purie, editor-in-chief, India Today in the centre)

Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Rajiv Gandhi in Mizoram with the then Chief Minister of the state Lal Thanhawla 
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Rajiv during an election campaign in Amethi

Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Photo courtesy: Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
Young Rajiv Gandhi as a pilot
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Rajiv Gandhi during an interview with a magazine in an aircraft

Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Photo by Pramod Pushkarna
Rajiv Gandhi at a public meeting at boat club after Indira Gandhi’s death

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