भारत के अब तक के सबसे युवा पीएम राजीव गांधी का जन्म 20 अगस्त 1944 को ब्रिटिशकालीन भारत के बॉम्बे में हुआ था। जन्म के वक़्त उनका नाम राजीव रत्. | News Track
Rajiv Gandhi, in full Rajiv Ratna Gandhi, (born August 20, 1944, Bombay [now Mumbai], India died May 21, 1991, Sriperumbudur, near Madras [now Chennai]), Indian politician and government official who rose to become the leader of the Congress (I) Party (a faction of the Indian National Congress [Congress Party] established in 1981) and served as prime minister of India (1984–89) after the assassination of his mother, Indira Gandhi, in 1984. He was himself assassinated in 1991.
Rajiv and his younger brother, Sanjay (1946–80), the sons of Feroze and Indira Gandhi, were educated at the prestigious Doon School in Dehra Dun (now in Uttarakhand state). Rajiv then attended Imperial College, London, and completed an engineering course at the University of Cambridge (1965). He met his future wife, Sonia, during his time in England. After returning to India, he acquired a commercial pilot’s license and, beginning in 1968, worked for Indian Airlines.