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	===Active politics and Congress President (1991–1998)===		===Active politics and Congress President (1991–1998)===
	[[File:Vladimir Putin in India 2-5 October 2000-15.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Sonia Gandhi as Leader of Opposition, meeting with the [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] during his State visit to India in October 2000.]]		[[File:Vladimir Putin in India 2-5 October 2000-15.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Sonia Gandhi as Leader of Opposition, meeting with the [[President of Russia]] [[Vladimir Putin]] during his State visit to India in October 2000.]]
	After Rajiv Gandhi [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi\|was assassinated in 1991]] and Sonia Gandhi refused<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Weinraub\|first=Bernard\|date=24 May 1991\|title=ASSASSINATION IN INDIA; Sonia Gandhi Declines Invitation To Assume Husband's Party Post\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/24/world/assassination-india-sonia-gandhi-declines-invitation-assume-husband-s-party-post.html\|access-date=13 September 2020\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> to succeed him as the Congress president, the party settled on the choice of [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] who subsequently became Prime Minister after winning elections [[1991 Indian general election\|that year]]. Over the next few years, however, the Congress fortunes continued to dwindle and it lost the [[1996 Indian general election\|1996 elections]]. Several senior leaders such as [[Madhavrao Sindhia]], [[Rajesh Pilot]], [[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]], [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)\|Arjun Singh]], [[Mamata Banerjee]], [[G. K. Moopanar]], [[P. Chidambaram]] and [[Jayanthi Natarajan]] were in open revolt against incumbent President [[Sitaram Kesri]] and many of whom quit the party, splitting the Congress into many factions.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-the-sitaram-kesri-case-how-dynasty-trumped-ethics-1564149 \|title=The Sitaram Kesri case: How dynasty trumped ethics \| Latest News & Updates at \|work=Daily News & Analysis \|date=10 July 2011\|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref>		After Rajiv Gandhi [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi\|was assassinated in 1991]] and Sonia Gandhi refused<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Weinraub\|first=Bernard\|date=24 May 1991\|title=ASSASSINATION IN INDIA; Sonia Gandhi Declines Invitation To Assume Husband's Party Post\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/24/world/assassination-india-sonia-gandhi-declines-invitation-assume-husband-s-party-post.html\|access-date=13 September 2020\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> to succeed him as the Congress president and prime minister, the party settled on the choice of [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] who subsequently became Prime Minister after winning elections [[1991 Indian general election\|that year]]. Over the next few years, however, the Congress fortunes continued to dwindle and it lost the [[1996 Indian general election\|1996 elections]]. Several senior leaders such as [[Madhavrao Sindhia]], [[Rajesh Pilot]], [[Narayan Dutt Tiwari]], [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)\|Arjun Singh]], [[Mamata Banerjee]], [[G. K. Moopanar]], [[P. Chidambaram]] and [[Jayanthi Natarajan]] were in open revolt against incumbent President [[Sitaram Kesri]] and many of whom quit the party, splitting the Congress into many factions.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report-the-sitaram-kesri-case-how-dynasty-trumped-ethics-1564149 \|title=The Sitaram Kesri case: How dynasty trumped ethics \| Latest News & Updates at \|work=Daily News & Analysis \|date=10 July 2011\|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref>

	In an effort to revive the party's sagging fortunes, she joined the Congress Party as a primary member in the Calcutta Plenary Session in 1997 and became party leader in 1998.<ref name=elections.in/><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sonia-gandhi-re-elected-congress-president-unopposed-49389\|title=Sonia Gandhi re-elected Congress president, unopposed\|work=NDTV\|date=3 September 2010\|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref>		In an effort to revive the party's sagging fortunes, she joined the Congress Party as a primary member in the Calcutta Plenary Session in 1997 and became party leader in 1998.<ref name=elections.in/><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/sonia-gandhi-re-elected-congress-president-unopposed-49389\|title=Sonia Gandhi re-elected Congress president, unopposed\|work=NDTV\|date=3 September 2010\|access-date=30 May 2014}}</ref>

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Sonia Maino<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20050117-sonia-gandhi-the-maino-girl-who-kept-her-tryst-with-destiny-in-india-788413-2005-01-17</ref> was born on 9 December 1946 to Stefano and Paola Maino in Lusiana (in Maini street), a historically Cimbrian-speaking village about 35 km from Vicenza in Veneto, Italy.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110728000421/http://www.radiopopolare.it/trasmissioni/onde-road/magnetofono/07112009-lindia-di-sonia-gandhi/stampa.html</ref> <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233754/http://ilgiornaledivicenza.it/stories/Home/92600_sonia_gandhidalla_piccola_lusiana_allindia_ecco_il_romanzo_di_una_donna_speciale/</ref> She was one of three siblings: Sonia, Nadia and Anoushka,<ref~~>https://~~web.archive.org/~~web/20110614233754/http://ilgiornaledivicenza.it/stories/Home/92600_sonia_gandhidalla_piccola_lusiana_allindia_ecco_il_romanzo_di_una_donna_speciale/</ref~~> raised in a traditional Roman Catholic Christian family. Sonia spent her adolescence in Orbassano, a town near Turin. She attained primary education attending the local Catholic schools; one of her early teachers described her as "a diligent little girl, [who] studied as much as was necessary".		Sonia Maino<ref>https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20050117-sonia-gandhi-the-maino-girl-who-kept-her-tryst-with-destiny-in-india-788413-2005-01-17</ref> was born on 9 December 1946 to Stefano and Paola Maino in Lusiana (in Maini street), a historically Cimbrian-speaking village about 35 km from Vicenza in Veneto, Italy.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20110728000421/http://www.radiopopolare.it/trasmissioni/onde-road/magnetofono/07112009-lindia-di-sonia-gandhi/stampa.html</ref><ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233754/http://ilgiornaledivicenza.it/stories/Home/92600_sonia_gandhidalla_piccola_lusiana_allindia_ecco_il_romanzo_di_una_donna_speciale/</ref> She was one of three siblings: Sonia, Nadia and Anoushka,<ref name="web.archive.org"/> raised in a traditional Roman Catholic Christian family. Sonia spent her adolescence in Orbassano, a town near Turin. She attained primary education attending the local Catholic schools; one of her early teachers described her as "a diligent little girl, [who] studied as much as was necessary".

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