Rajiv Gandhi

Sixth Prime Minister of India 1984-1989, Bharat Ratna 1991

Born: 20th August 1944, Bombay

Died: 21st May 1991, Sriperumbudur

"...I had no love for politics. I treasured the privacy of my family life."

I wrote to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi after finishing the Std X ICSE exams. I was away when the reply arrived. Everyone at home was so excited on receiving the letter that in an effort not to spoil the envelope, they removed the red seal that said "Prime Minister".

As with the letter I had received from PM Indira Gandhi a few years earlier, this letter too was affixed with 70 ps stamps, as against the postal requirement of 50 ps.

3rd May 1986

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