{"id":26738,"date":"2024-02-12T09:20:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T09:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/?p=26738"},"modified":"2024-02-12T09:20:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T09:20:22","slug":"rajiv-gandhi-years-unrest-in-states-upsc-post-independence-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edukemy.com\/blog\/rajiv-gandhi-years-unrest-in-states-upsc-post-independence-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajiv Gandhi Years & Unrest in States – UPSC Post-Independence Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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At the age of 40, Rajiv Gandhi became the country’s youngest prime minister and may have been among the youngest elected leaders of state worldwide. He spent 14 years as a pilot for Indian Airlines and stayed out of politics until his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi passed away in June 1980, at which point his mother, Indira Gandhi, encouraged him to support her. After his younger brother’s passing, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the UP constituency of Amethi, officially beginning his political career. On October 31, 1984, Rajiv Gandhi took office as prime minister, shortly after his mother and India’s first lady, Indira Gandhi, was killed. The general elections that were supposed to take place at the beginning of 1985 were postponed, though voting in Assam and Punjab was delayed until 1985 because of unrest in those states. When the results were announced, Rajiv Gandhi’s Congress had won 401 out of the country’s 508 Lok Sabha seats, giving them the largest electoral victory ever. Rajiv Gandhi held the position of prime minister until December 2nd, 1989. India had several events during his five years as prime minister, which will be discussed in this chapter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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