Chairperson of the Indian Parliament's United Progressive Alliance and former wife of Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. In 1998, she became the President of the Indian National Congress party.
She studied English through the Bell Educational Trust in Cambridge, England.
Despite being a native of Italy, she was active in Indian politics.
She had two children, Rahul and Priyanka, with her husband Rajiv Gandhi.
She became active in Indian politics after her husband, Rajiv Gandhi, was assassinated in 1991.
