Rahul gandhi Biography

Rahul Gandhi DOB

19 Jun 1970

Place of Birth

New Delhi

Education

M.A. M.Phil from Trinity College, Cambridge in 1995

Alma mater

University of Delhi, Harvard University, Rollins College, Trinity College, Cambridge

Profession before joining politics

After graduation, Rahul Gandhi worked at the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm, in London. In 2002 he was one of the directors of Mumbai-based technology outsourcing firm Backops Services Private Ltd.

Marital Status

Unmarried

Nationality

Indian

Political party

Indian National Congress

Relations

Nehru–Gandhi family

Parents

Rajiv Gandhi Sonia Gandhi

Important positions held

President of Indian National Congress Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress Chairperson of National Students’ Union of India General Secretary of Indian National Congress Member of Parliament Lok Sabha for Ameth Vice-President of the Indian National Congress

Rahul Gandhi is the fourth generation Indian politician of the Nehru-Gandhi family. He is at present the President and of the Indian National Congress. Rahul Gandhi also holds positions of the Chairperson of the National Students' Union of India and the Indian Youth Congress.

Earlier, he was the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. He is a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Amethi in Lok Sabha.At present, he is in the second rank as a Congress Working Committee member. He belongs to the family of stalwarts who held important positions in the history of Indian politics.

His great-grandfather, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first Prime Minister of independent India. His grandmother, Indira Gandhi, the first and only woman Prime Minister of India, was a very influential and powerful lady. His father, Rajiv Gandhi, was the President of Congress and also served as Prime Minister. His mother, Sonia Gandhi, is at present the President of the Indian National Congress. Rahul Gandhi is considered to be the new and young face of the party.

Rahul Gandhi attended St. Columba’s School, Delhi before entering The Doon School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), also his father’s alma mater, from 1981–83. Meanwhile, his father had joined politics and became the Prime Minister on October 31, 1984, when Indira Gandhi was assassinated. Due to the security threats faced by Indira Gandhi’s family from Sikh extremists, Rahul Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka was home-schooled since then. Rahul Gandhi joined St. Stephen’s College, Delhi in 1989 for his undergraduate education but moved to Harvard University after he completed the first year examinations. In 1991, after Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by LTTE during an election rally, he shifted to Rollins College due to security concerns and completed his B.A. in 1994. During this period, he assumed the pseudonym Raul Vinci and his identity was known only to the university officials and security agencies. He further went on to obtain an M.Phil from Trinity College, Cambridge University in 1995. After graduation, Rahul Gandhi worked at the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm, in London. In 2002 he was one of the directors of Mumbai-based technology outsourcing firm Backops Services Private Ltd. Resource: ​https://rahulgandhiofficial.wordpress.com https://www.rahulgandhiachievements.org