Sanjay Gandhi | |
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 Sanjay Gandhi 1981 stamp of India | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 18 January 1980 – 23 June 1980 | |
| Preceded by | Ravindra Pratap Singh |
| Succeeded by | Rajiv Gandhi |
| Constituency | Amethi, Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 December 1946[1] Delhi, British India (present-day New Delhi, Delhi, India) |
| Died | 23 June 1980 (aged 33) New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Cause of death | Aircraft accident |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Varun Gandhi (son) |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Rajiv Gandhi (brother) See Nehru–Gandhi family |
| Occupation | Politician |
Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 – 23 June 1980)[1] was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and was the younger son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi.
During his lifetime, he was widely expected to succeed his mother as head of the Indian National Congress and Prime Minister of India, but following his death in a plane crash, his elder brother Rajiv became their mother's political heir and succeeded her as Prime Minister of India and President of the party after her assassination. His wife Maneka Gandhi and son Varun Gandhi are politicians in the Bharatiya Janata Party.
- ^ a b Carol Dommermuth-Costa (2002). Indira Gandhi: Daughter of India. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-8225-4963-5.