Sonia Gandhi (b. December 9, 1946[1] is an Indian politician. She is the president of the Indian National Congress. She is the widow of the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi. She is the chairperson of the national advisory council. In 1998, she was elected president of the Indian National Congress.
Gandhi was born Sonia Maino in Ovassanjo, Italy.[1]
Early life
Sonia Maino[2] 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.[3][4] She was one of three siblings: Sonia, Nadia and Anoushka,[4] 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".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sonia Gandhi Biography". LiveIndia.com. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110728000421/http://www.radiopopolare.it/trasmissioni/onde-road/magnetofono/07112009-lindia-di-sonia-gandhi/stampa.html
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20110614233754/http://ilgiornaledivicenza.it/stories/Home/92600_sonia_gandhidalla_piccola_lusiana_allindia_ecco_il_romanzo_di_una_donna_speciale/
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