Sanjay Gandhi
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Key facts
- Preceded by
- Ravindra Pratap Singh
- Succeeded by
- Rajiv Gandhi
- Constituency
- Amethi , Uttar Pradesh
- Born
- ( 1946-12-14 ) 14 December 1946 , Delhi , British India (present-day New Delhi , Delhi, India)
- Died
- 23 June 1980 (1980-06-23) (aged 33), New Delhi, Delhi, India
- Cause of death
- Aircraft accident
- Party
- Indian National Congress
- Spouse
- Maneka Gandhi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 23 September 1974</span>"}]]}'>1974 )
- Children
- Varun Gandhi (son)
- Parents
- Feroze Gandhi (father) Indira Gandhi (mother)
- Relatives
- Rajiv Gandhi (brother), See Nehru–Gandhi family
- Occupation
- Politician
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gandhi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Place of birth
- New Delhi
- Place of death
- New Delhi
- Spouse
- Maneka Gandhi
- Child
- Varun Gandhi
- Father
- Feroze Gandhi
- Mother
- Indira Gandhi
- Sibling
- Rajiv Gandhi
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Indian National Congress
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Sanjay Gandhi 1981 stamp of India.jpg
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- Sanjay Gandhi
- date of birth
- 1946-12-14
- date of death
- 1980-06-23
- cause of death
- aviation accident
- manner of death
- accidental death
- candidacy in election
- 1977 Indian general election
- name in native language
- संजय गांधी
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Encyclopedic overview
Sanjay Gandhi (14 December 1946 – 23 June 1980) 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.
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