Wednesday, May 21, 2014 marks the 23rd death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was the sixth Prime Minister of India, he served India from 1984 to 1989. He assumed office after the assassination of his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi , on October 31, 1984, the same day he became the youngest Prime Minister of India. Rajiv Gandhi comes from a politically influential Nehru-Gandhi family. In 1961 he went to Cambridge to pursue higher studies and returned to India to join Indian Airlines as a professional pilot while his mother became Prime Minister in 1966. He showed no interest in politics. He married an Italian, Albina Maino (Sonia Gandhi). Though Rajiv was absolutely against politics, he had to enter that field due to the sudden demise of his politician brother Sanjay Gandhi in 1980. Rajiv Gandhi eventually fought his first Lok Sabha election from Amethi to fill his brother's seat in Parliament . October 31, 1984, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated, politically very serious...