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[ MP ]
Sonia Gandhi
Sonia Rajiv Gandhi
Monday, December 9, 1946
raebareli.inc@gmail.com
07839306400
Rae Bareli
Sonia Maino[19] was born on December 9, 1946 to Stefano and Paola Maino in Lusiana, a historically Cimbrian-speaking village 30 km from Vicenza in Veneto, Italy.[20][21] Sonia spent her adolescence in Orbassano, a town near Turin, and was raised in a traditional Roman Catholic Christian family. She attained primary education attending the local Catholic schools; Sister Maria, one of her early teachers described her as "a diligent little girl, [who] studied as much as was necessary".[19]
Stefano, who was a building mason established a small construction business in Orbassano.[22] He had fought against the Soviet military alongside Hitler's Wehrmacht on the eastern front in World War II, was a loyal supporter of Benito Mussolini and Italy's National Fascist Party. The family house had leather bound books on writings and speeches of Mussolini.[22] Stefano had named Sonia and her elder sister Nadia in the memory of the Italian participation in the Eastern Front.[19] He died in 1983.[23] Gandhi has two sisters who still reside in Orbassano along with their mother.[24]
Gandhi completed her schooling at the age of 13; her final report card read: "intelligent, diligent, committed [...] would succeed well at the high school for teachers". She aspired to become a flight attendant.[19] In 1964, she went to study English at the Bell Educational Trust's language school in the city of Cambridge. The following year, she met Rajiv Gandhi at the Varsity Restaurant, where she was working as a part-time waitress, while he was enrolled for an engineering degree in the Trinity College at the University of Cambridge.[25] In this context, the Times, London reported, "Mrs Gandhi was an 18-year-old student at a small language college in Cambridge in 1965, [...] when she met a handsome young engineering student".[26] The couple married in 1968, in a Hindu ceremony, following which she moved into the house of her mother-in-law and then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.[27][1]
The couple had two children, Rahul Gandhi (born 1970) and Priyanka Vadra (born 1972). Despite belonging to the influential Nehru family, Sonia and Rajiv avoided all involvement in politics. Rajiv worked as an airline pilot while Sonia took care of her family. She spent considerable amount of time with her mother-in-law, Indira Gandhi; she recalled her experience in a 1985 interview with the Hindi-language magazine Dharmyug, "She [Indira] showered me with all her affection and love".[28] Soon after the latter's ousting from office in 1977 in the aftermath of the Indian Emergency, the Rajiv family contemplated to move abroad for a short time.[29] When Rajiv entered politics in 1982 after the death of his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi in a plane crash on 23 June 1980, Sonia continued to focus on her family and avoided all contact with the public.[30]. Her constituency is located in RaeBareli district.
Sonia Gandhi is current MP from Rae Bareli [Rae Bareli]. She belongs to Indian National Congress [ INC ].
Sonia Gandhi is current MP from Rae Bareli [Rae Bareli]. She belongs to Indian National Congress [ INC ].
1. In 2019 She was elected as MP from Rae Bareli[ INC ].
2. In 2014 She was elected as MP from Rae Bareli[ INC ].
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Sonia Gandhi's Election History
Sr.No.
Year
Party
Constituency
Election
Result
Description
1
2019
INC
Rae Bareli
MP
Won
30513
2
2014
INC
Rae Bareli
MP
Won
won