Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the assassination of his mother,then–prime minister Indira Gandhi,to become at the age of 40 the youngest Indian prime minister. He served until his defeat at the 1989 election,and then became Leader of the Opposition,Lok Sabha,resigning in December 1990,six months before his own assassination.
Bharat Mata is a national personification of India (Bharat) as a mother goddess. Bharat Mata is commonly depicted dressed in a red or saffron-coloured sari and holding a national flag;she sometimes stands on a lotus and is accompanied by a lion.
Varahagiri Venkata Giri was an Indian politician and activist who served as the fourth president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He also served as the third vice president of India from 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969. He was the first president to be elected as an independent candidate. He was succeeded by Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed as president in 1974. After the end of his full term,Giri was honoured by the Government of India with the Bharat Ratna in 1975. Giri died on 24 June 1980.
Raj Bhavan is a residential palace and fort situated in Dona Paula,Goa,which serves as the official residence of the governor of Goa. The sprawling 88 acres estate is located on a cape in the Goan capital,Panjim. Known by the name "Palácio do Cabo" until it gained official status as the residence of the governor of Goa,this palace is said to be built between the 16th and 17th centuries in the erstwhile Portuguese India. The fort is strategically positioned facing the Arabian sea opposite the well-preserved 17th century Forte Aguada.
Shivinder Singh Sidhu was an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. He held advanced degrees in Economics and Public Administration and a Doctorate of Philosophy.
In India,a governor is the constitutional head of a state of India that has similar powers and functions at the state level as those of the president of India at the central level. Governors exist in the states,while lieutenant governors and administrators exist in union territories of Delhi and Puducherry and other union territories. A governor acts as the constitutional head and takes all their decisions based on the advice of chief minister and their council of ministers.
Raj Bhavan is the official residence of the Governor of West Bengal,located in Kolkata,the capital of West Bengal. Built in 1803,it was known as Government House during the Company rule in India and the British Raj.
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia is an Indian politician who is the 43rd Union Minister of Communications and the 10th Minister of Development of North Eastern Region since 2024. He was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing the state of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 till his win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He is a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha,representing the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh from 2002 until his defeat in the 2019 Indian general election,and then since 4 June 2024. He is a former member of the Indian National Congress (INC) from 2001 to 2020 and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020. While a member of the INC,he was the Union Minister for Power and Corporate in the second Manmohan Singh ministry from 2012 to 2014.
Kateekal Sankaranarayanan was the governor of the Indian state of Maharashtra. He had also served as the governor of Nagaland and Jharkhand. Prior to his appointment as governor,he had served as a minister in several Congress led governments of Kerala headed by Chief Ministers A K Antony and K. Karunakaran. On 24 August 2014,he was transferred by the NDA government to Mizoram.
A padayatra is a journey undertaken by politicians or prominent citizens to interact more closely with different parts of society,educate about issues concerning them,and galvanize his or her supporters. Padayatras or foot pilgrimages are also Hindu religious pilgrimages undertaken towards sacred shrines or pilgrimage sites.
The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi,former Prime Minister of India,occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu,India on 21 May 1991. At least 14 others,in addition to Gandhi and the assassin,were killed. It was carried out by 22-year-old Kalaivani Rajaratnam,a member of the banned Sri Lankan Tamil separatist rebel organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). At the time,India had just ended its involvement,through the Indian Peace Keeping Force,in the Sri Lankan Civil War.
Mridula Sinha was an Indian writer and politician who served as Governor of Goa from August 2014 to October 2019. She was the first woman Governor of Goa.
Samriddhi,a word which means prosperity in English,is an annual student-run business conference that takes place at the Goa Institute of Management,India. One of the largest Business School Conferences,it is a three-day event that features prominent speakers and participants from colleges all over India.
Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose is an Indian retired 1977-batch IAS officer and politician,who has been serving as the Governor of West Bengal since 23 November 2022.
Gopala Ramanujam (1915–2001) was an Indian politician and co-founder of the Indian National Trade Union Congress. He was born on 28 May 1915 at Edircottal village,Ramanathapuram District in Tamil Nadu,India. He was a recipient of the third highest Indian civilian award of the Padma Bhushan.
Also referred to as the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal,the Indian helicopter bribery scandal by Congress led UPA Government refers to a multimillion-dollar corruption case in India,wherein money was paid to middlemen and Indian officials in 2006 and 2007 to purchase helicopters for high level politicians. As per the CBI,this amounted to ₹2.5 billion (US$30 million),transferred through bank accounts in the UK and UAE.
Ashwani Kumar was a 1973-Batch IPS officer who served as Governor of the Indian state of Nagaland,and briefly as Governor of Manipur during 2013.
Wanchoo or Wanchu is a Kashmiri Pandit clan and surname native to the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir,India.
