This day marks the 76th birth anniversary of India's Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Back in 1991, in the month of May, he was assassinated by a suicide bomber of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam during an election rally in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur. Here are some memorable quotes from Rajiv Gandhi:
- I would like to be remembered as having brought India into the 21st century parallel with the most advanced countries in the world.
- India is an old country, but a young nation, we are impatient. I am impatient and I too have a dream of an India -- strong, independent, self-reliant.
- Women are the social conscience of a country. They hold our societies together.
- The democratic way of nation building required patience, perseverance and a spirit of conciliation.
- Every person should take a lesson from history. We should understand that wherever there have been internal fights and conflicts in the country, the country has weakened.
- Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people.
- The world is changing much too fast for us to have a moribund system which is not flexible, which cannot evolve and develop with changes in our society, in our country, as they come about in the world.
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