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| Rahul Gandhi - A Member of Parliament |
On 19th June 1970, Rahul Gandhi was born in
Delhi. Son of former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi; son of the President
of Indian National Congress and an Italian – born, Sonia Gandhi; grandson of
the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi; and a 49-year-old ‘Youth Icon’
of Indian National Congress, a former President of Indian National Congress is
celebrating his Birthday today. We wish him a very warm and healthy year ahead!
Happy Birthday!
We all know very well his political journey since he
entered Indian Politics in 2004 but little did we know about his early life.
So, here it is. He initially attended school at St. Columba’s School, Delhi
before joining The Doon School in Dehradun, which is a boy-only private
non-profit, academically selective boarding school. The Doon School is one of
the most expensive and elite schools in the country. Later, due to security
reasons, he was forced to complete his schooling at home i.e. he was
home-schooled with his younger sister, Priyanka Gandhi.
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| Harvard University - Where Rahul Gandhi went to College |
For his graduation, he joined St. Stephen’s College,
Delhi (one of the most famous colleges in the country for Arts Specialization)
but moved to Harvard University (undoubtedly, ranked in the top 3 universities
of the world) after he completed first-year exams. Again due to security
reasons, he moved to Rollins College, Florida, USA, and obtained his B.A.
degree in 1944, where he had to change his name to ‘Raul Vinci’ for security
reasons. Subsequently, he went to obtain an M.Phil. from Trinity College,
Cambridge in 1995. Trinity College is one of the top-ranked colleges in one of
the top-ranked universities in the world.
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| Trinity College, Cambridge - Where Rahul Gandhi obtained his M.Phil |
As a child, as we can understand for the events, it
would have been very challenging for him. Staying away from family constantly
overshadowed by the fear for life, his childhood and education was indeed very
challenging but he still managed to enroll himself in the best institutes of
the world and graduate from them. It is rightly said, ‘A shining throne always
has thrones which cannot be seen but only felt by the family of the beholder.’
After completing his education, he worked at the
Monitor Group, a London based Management Consultancy Firm. Eventually, he
turned to India and became one of the Directors of Mumbai – based technology
outsourcing company Backops Services Private Ltd in 2002 before joining
politics in 2004.
His personal life has been in question for many years.
In 2004, he told the press that he had a Spanish girlfriend, whom he had met
while studying in England, but in 2013, he suggested that he may not get
married at all. By religion, he identifies himself as a Hindu Brahmin.
Just having a glimpse of his personal and earlier
life, one thing can be said for sure, ‘everything that glitters is not gold!’.
It is not easy to be in his shoes no matter what we call him or what he does
and how we judge him. He is a strong individual is all we know for sure!
We
wish him all the strength and healthy on his Birthday!
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| Happy Birthday! |
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