08 December,2023 08:40 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Sonia Gandhi. Pic/AFP
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will celebrate her 77th birthday on December 9. Sonia Gandhi has been the longest-serving President of the grand-old party while witnessing several highs and lows in the political arena.
One of the most prominent politicians of India, Sonia Gandhi was born on December 9, 1946. She joined politics in 1997 and was elected as the President of Congress in 1998.
She has held the post of Congress President since 1998 and has been a Lok Sabha MP since 1999. She led the Congress for 20 years. She was back in the saddle in 2019 as Congress' interim chief after Rahul Gandhi resigned after the party's defeat in the Lok Sabha polls. In the 2004 General Elections, she led the electoral campaign of her party which secured the largest number of seats.
On Sonia Gandhi's birthday, here are some interesting facts that you must know about the former Congress president:
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