Life Introduction

Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha.

Real Name

Rahul Gandhi

Sur Name

Rahul Gandhi

Career

Indian politician

Party

Indian National Congress






Political Travel

  • In 2004, he was elected as a member of the Lok Sabha from the Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
  • On 24 September 2007, he was appointed as the General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee.
  • He was entrusted with the work of the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) and the Indian Youth Congress.
  • In the 2009 general election, he retained his Lok Sabha seat from the Amethi constituency.
  • In January 2013, he was appointed as the Vice President of the Indian National Congress.
  • In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he retained his Lok Sabha seat by winning again on the Lok Sabha seat of Amethi.

 

Physical Structure


Length (Approx)

cm - 170

m - 1.70

Feet Inch- 5' 7"

Weight (Approx)

62 kg

Eye Color

Dark Brown

Hair Color

Dark Brown

Blood Group

B(-ve)

 

Personal Life

Date Of Birth

19 June 1970

Age (As In 2022)

52 years

Birth Place

New Delhi, India

Raashi

Mithun

Nationality

Indian

Hometown

New Delhi, India (Ancestral Origin - Louisiana, Italy)

School

  • St. Coluba's School, Delhi, India
  • The Doon School, The Mall Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India



College/University

  • St. Stephen's College, Delhi, India
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
  • Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, US
  • Trinity College, Cambridge, England


Educational Qualification

  • Bachelor of Arts from Rollins College, Florida, USA
  • M Phil from Trinity College, Cambridge, England

Political Debut

In 2004, he announced to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.


Family

  • Father- Rajiv Gandhi
  • Mother- Sonia Gandhi
  • Brother - Not Applicable
  • Sister- Priyanka Gandhi

Religion

Hindu

Hobbies/Interests

Reading Books, Traveling








  • Dispute

  • Rahul Gandhi courted controversy when he was widely criticized for the discrepancy between his stated name and date of birth and the name recorded in his college certificate.
  • Rahul commented on Hindu extremism and Islamic terrorism. In which he said that "Hindu extremism is more dangerous than Islamic terrorism." Due to this controversial comment, he had to face severe criticism.
  • A girl from Uttar Pradesh accused Rahul that "he along with his friend raped me". However, he was exonerated during the investigation by the Supreme Court.
  • Rahul made a controversial statement saying that "poverty is only a state of mind". which brought him severe criticism.
  • In May 2011, he was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police during a protest against a highway project with farmers in Bhatta Parsaul village.
  • He was accused of corruption in the famous National Herald case.

 


Favorite Things

Favourite Meal

Noodles, Diet Cola, Lemon Juice, Seafood Indian Cuisine

 

Love Affair And Other Matters

Marital Status

Single

GirlFriends / Affairs

veronika kortale (a spanish architect) living in Venezuela

Wife

Not Applicable

Children

Nobody

 

Net Worth

Property (Approx)

64 Billion Indian rupees

 

Some interesting information related to Rahul Gandhi

  • Does Rahul Gandhi smoke? not known
  • Does Rahul Gandhi drink alcohol? not known
  • He was born in New Delhi as the eldest of two children to Rajiv Gandhi and Italian-born Sonia Gandhi.
  • After the assassination of Indira Gandhi by Sikh insurgency, Rahul mostly spent time with his sister and went to school together.
  • After the assassination of his father (Rajiv Gandhi) in 1991, he was transferred from Harvard University to Rollins College for security reasons.
  • Due to security during college days, he had to hide his identity. In which he named himself Raul Vinci.
  • After graduating, he worked at Monitor Group, a management consulting firm in London.
  • He is also the Director of Backup Services Pvt Ltd (Mumbai based technology outsourcing firm).
  • In 2004, he announced his foray into politics and contested the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh and won with over 1 lakh votes.
  • He did not leave any post in the Indian National Congress till 2006, on which he was not appointed.
  • He is a 5th generation politician from the Gandhi-Nehru family.