World & Nation
Italian-born Sonia Gandhi is a legitimate citizen of India, the Supreme Court ruled, upholding her election to parliament.
Sept. 13, 2001
In saying no to being premier, Sonia Gandhi appears to be paving the way for son Rahul.
June 22, 2004
The likely new premier entered politics reluctantly, but she’s proved to be a fighter.
May 14, 2004
Sonia Gandhi was in no mood for outsiders.
May 23, 1991
India: Widow of slain prime minister cites furor over her Italian birth.
May 18, 1999
The Sacred Ashes Special pulled into Kanpur railway station late Monday night to the same slogans that had bombarded Sonia Gandhi again and again during the 10 hours that her train, carrying the remains of her assassinated husband, had snaked its way through the blistering Indian countryside.
May 29, 1991
Ending a leadership crisis for India’s main opposition party, Sonia Gandhi announced Monday that she will remain at the helm of the Congress Party.
May 25, 1999
The Indian nation watched with the silence of emptiness at sunset Friday while the old Brahmin high priest led Rahul Gandhi around his father’s body seven times near the banks of the Yamuna River, where Rajiv Gandhi’s remains lay, head to the south, under a pyramid of sandalwood sticks.
May 25, 1991
Sonia Gandhi, thought to be the power behind the prime minister, acts to end a legal debate.
March 24, 2006
India: Speech by speech, prime minister’s widow cuts into the nationalist Hindus’ lead in her adopted country.
Feb. 14, 1998