Nation remembers Rajiv Gandhi

Congress President Sonia Gandhi along with party Vice President Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Vadra paying tribute to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary at Vir Bhoomi in New Delhi. The country today fondly remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari leading the nation in paying tributes to the departed leader.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi with BJP leader LK Advani during a function to commemorate 70th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi. Mukherjee, Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid floral tributes at Vir Bhumi, the samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during a function to commemorate 70th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi. Rajiv's wife and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, son and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka Vadra and her husband Robert Vadra, also laid flowers at the samadhi.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Vadra with her husband Robert Vadra after paying tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary at Vir Bhoomi in New Delhi. Senior Congress leaders Sushil Kumar Shinde, Motilal Vora, Mukul Wasnik, Mohsina Kidwai, Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Arvinder Singh and CLP leader Harron Yusuf were among the other leaders who paid tributes to the departed soul.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi leave after paying tributes to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary at Vir Bhoomi in New Delhi. Devotional music was played throughout the programme.

BJP leader LK Advani, Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu during a function to commemorate 70th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi. Scores of members of the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the student wing of Congress, were also present on the occasion.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi after paying tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary at Vir Bhoomi in New Delhi. Rajiv Gandhi, who heralded the information and communication technology revolution in the country, was born on August 20, 1944 and served as the sixth Prime Minister of India from 1984-1989.

People paying floral tribute to the former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on the occasion of his 70th birth anniversary at Anand Bhawan in Allahabad. He was assassinated by the LTTE on May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu while addressing an election campaign.

Pranab Mukherjee,Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi after paying tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary at Vir Bhoomi in New Delhi. In Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat paid tribute to Rajiv Gandhi and said his contribution to the development of the nation can never be forgotten.

Children perform on the occasion of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's 70th birth anniversary at Vir Bhoomi in New Delhi.