Rajiv Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991), was the elder son of Indira Gandhi. After the assassination of his mother, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, the prime minister of India on 31st October, 1984, Rajiv was nominated as the 9th Prime Minister of India. He own the elections held in Dec’84 with overwhelming majority and became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office (at the age of 40).
In 1986He founded the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya System, created MTNL and his public call offices, better known as PCOs, helped spread telephones in rural areas.
He was assassinated by a bomb blast done by the L.T.T.E. extremists at a meeting at Sriperambudur (Tamilnadu) on 21st may 1991. India paid her homage to this departed leader by issuing this 1 rupee commemorative coin on 21st May 1992 – the first anniversary of his death. He was posthumously awarded the Highest National Award of India, Bharat Ratna.
Specifications
Year of issue – 1991
Obv – Shows the effigy of Rajiv Gandhi with the legend “RAJIV GANDHI” in both English and Hindi and “1944 – 1991” – his years of birth and death.
Minted at – Mumbai, Hyderabad , Noida
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