Author: Verma, Shrikant,
Title: A Portrait of Rajiv Gandhi.
Description: East Glastonbury, CT, Arnold Heinemann, (1985). First edition. VG HB IN VG DJ. An intimate portrait of Rajiv who hails from an illustrious family, his grandfather was Jawaharial Nehru andhis mother Indir. gandhi. Yet he deliberately chose to shun the limlelight until recently; the author, a member of Parliament and a General Secreary of the ruling Congress party drawsupon a rich fund of personal memoriesand experiences to show how after the foul meurder of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv susessfly took over the task of runnning the country. The author describes the background of the various members of the Nehru family and how they played a leading role in both pre- and post--independent India. He then proceeds to give a detailed account of how Rajiv was indicted into the world of Indian politics and his remarkably swift transformation in the short span of less than five years to a highly successful political leader and the youngest ever Prime Minister of the largest democracy in the world.

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