Biography of Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi is a fourth generation young politician of the country's prestigious Gandhi-Nehru family, he is a member of the Indian Parliament and has served as the President of the National Congress. Along with this, he has also served as the chairperson of the National Youth Union and the National Youth Congress.

Rahul Gandhi is constantly trying to strengthen the hold of the Congress in the country. So let's know the important things about this young politician of the country, Rahul Gandhi-

Biography of Rahul Gandhi – Rahul Gandhi Biography in Hindi

Rahul Gandhi

Biography of Rahul Gandhi at a Glance - Rahul Gandhi Information

Name: Rahul Gandhi

Born June 19, 1970, New Delhi, India

Father (Father Name) Rajiv Gandhi (Former Prime Minister of the country)

Mother Name: Sonia Gandhi (Interim President of Congress)

Grandmother Indira Gandhi (First woman Prime Minister of the country)

Grandfather Feroze Gandhi

Sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Birth, Family and Early Life of Rahul Gandhi - Rahul Gandhi History

Rahul Gandhi was born in the capital of India, Delhi on June 19, 1970, in the most prestigious family of Indian politics. His father Rajiv Gandhi has served as the Prime Minister of the country.

So his mother Sonia Gandhi is the interim President of Congress and his grandmother Indira Gandhi has served the country as the first woman Prime Minister of the country, while her grandmother's father Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru served the country as the first Prime Minister of independent India. He has represented and played an important role in getting the country's independence.

That is why from the very beginning, Rahul Gandhi had got a political atmosphere in his house. Whereas in childhood, Rahul Gandhi mostly spent time with his sister Priyanka Gandhi because his parents could not give much time to their children due to political busyness.

Education of Rahul Gandhi – Rahul Gandhi Education

Rahul Gandhi received his early education from St. Columbus School in Delhi. After this, took admission in the prestigious The Doon School of Uttarakhand. At the same time, after the assassination of his grandmother Indira Gandhi, when his family started receiving threats, due to security reasons, Rahul Gandhi and his sister were forced to leave school and then they completed their schooling by staying at home.

After a few days, he took admission in St. Stephen's College, Delhi and studied for 1 year. Then he was sent to study at Howard University. But after the assassination of his father Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, he was again shifted to Florida College for security, where he completed his graduation in 1994.

However, during this time he had to keep his real identity hidden for security and during this time he changed his name to Raul Vinci. During this, only a few selected officials of the college and their security agency knew their real identity. Then Rahul Gandhi completed the course of M.Phill from Trinity College, Cambridge University.

Rahul Gandhi's early career - Rahul Gandhi Career

Rahul Gandhi had no interest in politics like his father Rajiv Gandhi in his early career, so after completing his studies, he worked in Monitor Group Company, a management consultancy firm in London.

After this, in the year 2002, he worked as a director of Mumbai-based company Bakeups Service Private Limited. However, later he got into politics.

Political Career of Rahul Gandhi – Rahul Gandhi Political Career

In the beginning, Rahul Gandhi did not have any intention to enter politics, but then in the year 2004, he stepped into politics. Rahul Gandhi benefited greatly from the political image of his family. The political career of Rahul Gandhi is as follows-

In 2004, Rahul Gandhi was elected as a Lok Sabha member from his family stronghold, Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh. After this, Rahul Gandhi took part in government programs and party meetings with his mother and Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi.

In 2006, Rahul Gandhi, along with his sister Priyanka Gandhi, campaigned fiercely for his party.

On 24 September 2007, Rahul Gandhi was appointed as the General Secretary of the Indian Congress Committee.

In the year 2008, Rahul Gandhi took important steps to reform youth politics and for its expansion, about 40 members were included in the Youth Congress. During this, an increase of about 25 thousand members was registered in the Youth Congress.

In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi retained his Lok Sabha seat by winning from the Amethi constituency. Let us tell you that in this election, Rahul Gandhi had toured the whole country for about 8 days and addressed about 125 rallies.

In the year 2013, Rahul Gandhi was appointed as the Vice President of the Indian National Congress.

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he won the Lok Sabha seat of Amethi. However, the Congress had to face its worst defeat in this election.

In the general elections held in the year 2019, Congress President Rahul Gandhi contested the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh and Wayanad, the most VIP seat in Kerala. In this election, Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad seat, while he lost from his traditional seat Amethi.