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Topic: Rajiv Gandhi

Feudals prevent SC/ST, minorities, women from voting: Rajiv Gandhi on electoral reforms

On 15 December 1988, PM Rajiv Gandhi spoke in the Lok Sabha while introducing comprehensive electoral reforms, including lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, and introducing measures to protect secular values in elections.

Bofors story isn’t over. Boxes of secret Swiss documents remain unopened: Chitra Subramaniam

The Bofors howitzers played a key role in India’s Kargil victory. While the performance of the gun was not in question, Chitra Subramaniam said the scam did bring down the Army’s morale.

Satanic Verses and the liberal hypocrisy—Has the Congress learned its lesson

The Nehru dynasty was famous for scuttling Freedom of Expression—be it in the literary sense, historical sense or economic sense.

Watch CutTheClutter: As ‘The Satanic Verses’ returns, a look back at the ban & the repercussions

In Episode 1579, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta recalls his involvement in publishing Madhu Jain's review of the book, leading to protests, the ban on the book & a revenge movie in Pakistan.

Rajiv Gandhi is victim of Sangh propaganda. Remember he was 1st PM who held a job, paid tax

In 1990, after he had lost power, he said to me in an interview: ‘Yes, I was young, I made mistakes.’ Off-the-record he added: ‘If you become prime minister tomorrow, you would make the same mistakes.’

‘Papa, your teachings are my inspiration,’ Rahul pays tribute to Rajiv Gandhi on birth anniversary

Born on 20 August, 1944, the former Prime Minister was assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber in Tamil Nadu on 21 May, 1991.

Sonia, Rahul, Kharge pay homage to Rajiv Gandhi on 33rd death anniversary

Other Congress leaders, including P. Chidambaram and Sachin Pilot also paid their respects to the former prime minister in Delhi.

Murlidhar Bhandare’s son almost missed his exams in 1973. Rajiv Gandhi came to his rescue

In ‘The Arc of Memory’, Murlidhar C Bhandare, Congress leader and former governor of Odisha recounts his life events set to the backdrop of India’s history.

3 blunders by Indira, Rajiv, Vajpayee, Advani that changed Indian politics & here’s the worst

Indira Gandhi targeting RSS during Emergency & legitimising it, Rajiv giving up mandate in 1989, and Vajpayee, Advani advancing general elections – these errors changed the course of India’s politics.

Rajiv Gandhi launched his 1989 election campaign from Lucknow. This is what he said

'Many rumours have been spread, many lies have been spread about Babri Masjid and Ramjanmabhoomi,' Gandhi had said in Lucknow on 19 November 1989.

On Camera

India’s amphibious operations depend on contingencies. Can the Armed Forces adapt?

The declassified doctrine outlines the framework for planning and execution of amphibious operations by integrating maritime, air and land domains.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?