AGARTALA, Aug 20 (TIWN): Along with the whole Nation, Tripura on Tuesday observes the 75th Birth Anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi on his birth anniversary announced, “This week we will celebrate my father, Rajiv Gandhi Ji's 75th birth anniversary with memorial events across India. To honour him, each day this week, I will draw attention to one of his many incredible achievements. Today, the Information Technology revolution”.

In Tripura to mark the occasion, Congress State President Pradyot Manikya along with other Congress leaders have hoisted the National Flag at Congress Bhawan. Besides, Gopal Roy has hoisted the party flag and Youth Congress President Sushanta Choudhury hoisted the flag of Youth Congress.

The celebration was followed by the National Anthem. They further gave floral tribute to Rajiv Gandhi and later they went to Gandhi Ghat.

Further, the members of the National Students’ Union of India have distributed sweets and fruits among the patients of cancer hospital.

As the nation commemorates the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, one must recall the fresh impetus he injected into Indian politics. Despite being a dynasty, he brought with himself a progressive vision which attracted country’s youth towards the grand-old Congress party, extending its dominance in the political sphere for another decade.

In 1981, Rajiv Gandhi was elected from Amethi in a parliamentary by-election to replace his deceased brother Sanjay Gandhi from the same constituency. Within months, he received adulation from the inner circles of Congress.

After Indira Gandhi’s assassination, Rajiv was bound to head the party, since most of the Congress leaders believed that only someone from Nehru-Gandhi family could provide a ‘strong and stable’ government at the Centre.

In 1991, the nation suffered an irreparable loss when the young, flamboyant leader became the victim of terror. Rajiv Gandhi was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai. He died at the age of 47.