Happy Birthday Rahul Gandhi: 10 lesser known facts about the Congress leader


Schooling

    Gandhi studied in Delhi and Dehradun. However, after Rajiv Gandhis demise, he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi was homeschooled after Indira Gandhis assassination in 1984.

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College life

    In the year 1989, he went to St. Stephen’s College in New Delhi to get a bachelor’s degree in History. He later on switched to Harvard University in the United States in order to complete his graduation.

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Higher Education

    Rahul Gandhi went ahead to pursue his M Phil degree from Trinity College in the United Kingdom under a false name of Raul Vincy for to security purpose.

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When in London

    After graduating from Cambridge, he started working in a London based management consulting firm which goes by the name of the Monitor group

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Back to India

    In 2002, he returned back to India and started his own outsourcing firm called Backops Services PVT Ltd in Mumbai.

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Profession went wrong

    In 2004, the Congress website said that Rahul Gandhi is a “farmer”. After 2009 Lok Sabha elections, his profession was changed to “strategy consultant”

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Bachelor of the year

    Rahul Gandhi was voted as the most eligible bachelor in India in 2014.

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Martial arts expert

    Rahul Gandhi has a black belt in Aikodo, a Japanese martial art.

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Heart of Gold

    Rahul Gandhi silently looked after Nirbhayas family after the incident in 2012.He helped Nirbhayas brother and thanks to him, he became a pilot.

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