Residence Delhi, India Name Priyanka Gandhi Nationality Indian Role Indian Politician | Religion Hinduism | |
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Born 12 January 1972 (age 52) ( 1972-01-12 ) Delhi, India Alma mater Delhi University (B.A.) Children Raihan Vadra, Miraya Vadra Similar People | ||
Priyanka Gandhi Speaks To NDTV | Exclusive | Lok Sabha Elections 2019
Priyanka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi Address a Rally in Raebareli, UP
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (born 12 January 1972) is an Indian politician, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. She also serves as trustee of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. She is the granddaughter of Feroze and Indira Gandhi, and is a member of the wider Nehru-Gandhi family.
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- Priyanka Gandhi Speaks To NDTV Exclusive Lok Sabha Elections 2019
- Priyanka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi Address a Rally in Raebareli UP
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Early life and education
Priyanka Gandhi did her schooling from the Modern School and Convent of Jesus & Mary. She pursued her graduation in Psychology from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi.
Career
Gandhi had regularly visited her mother's and brother's constituencies of Rae Bareilly and Amethi where she dealt with the people directly.
She is a popular figure in the constituency, drawing large crowds everywhere; a popular slogan in Amethi in every election has been Amethi ka danka, bitiya Priyanka (the clarion call from Amethi is for Priyanka [to stand elections]).
In the Indian general election, 2004, she was her mother's campaign manager and helped supervise her brother Rahul Gandhi's campaign. In the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, 2007, while Rahul Gandhi managed the statewide campaign, she focused on the ten seats in the Amethi Rae Bareilly region, spending two weeks there trying to quell considerable infighting within the party workers over seat allocations.
Personal life
She is married to Robert Vadra, a businessman from Delhi. The wedding took place at the Gandhi home, 10 Janpath, on 18 February 1997 in a traditional Hindu ceremony. They have two children; a son Raihan and a daughter Miraya. Priyanka Gandhi is a follower of Buddhist philosophy and a practitioner of Vipassanā as taught by S. N. Goenka.