Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid his humble tributes to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary today.
“Humble tributes to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna #RajivGandhi on his birth anniversary”, the Odisha CM tweeted.
Humble tributes to former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna #RajivGandhi on his birth anniversary.
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) August 20, 2020
Rajiv Gandhi had served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He was the youngest Indian Prime Minister at the age of 40. In 1991, the Indian government posthumously awarded Gandhi the Bharat Ratna, the country’s highest civilian award.