Rahul Gandhi was born in Delhi, the first amongst 2 children of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Sonia Gandhi, the current Congress President. He is the elder brother of Priyanka Gandhi. His grandmother was Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and his great-grandfather was Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister.

He attended St. Columba’s School, Delhi before entering The Doon School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand), also his father’s alma mater,  from 1981-83 before being home-schooled for security reasons. He got his B.A. from Rollins College, Florida in 1994  He received an M.Phil. in Development Studies in 1995 from Trinity College, Cambridge.
Rajiv Gandhi and Smt. Sonia Gandhi, this young and dynamic political leader has seem his entire family struggling and sacrificing lives for India. His father Late Shri. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by Tamil Tigers is 1991 and grandmother Late. Smt. Indira Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India was brutally assassinated by a Sikh Militant in 1984. Shri. Rahul Gandhi’s greatgrandfather Late Shri. Jawahar lal Nehru and the first Prime Minister of India has also sacrificed a lot during the freedom movement of India against the British.

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Shri. Rahul Gandhi stayed away from politics till 2004. In May 2004, he ran for the lower house of parliament from his constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. The state helped him to win by a wide margin and offered on opportunity to Shri. Rahul Gandhi to become the second member of the fifth generation of the Nehru-Gandhi family to enter into active politics. It was in fact a great achievement for this young politician as he won the seat by a margin of 300,500 votes.
The campaign for this parliamentary Election from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh was directed by his younger sister Smt. Priyanka Vadra. His victory was widely commemorated by the media many enthusiasts, specially the younger citizens of India.

This victory offered Shri. Rahul Gandhi an opportunity to make his mark in the political career. Thereafter, he was sought to cultivate support from his admirers. However, this has not been an easy journey as he strived hard to work up his profile through the media and stay away from the scandals of coalition politics. Shri. Rahul Gandhi is currently concentrating on the political and other major issues of Indian Society.