Sonia Gandhi and former Indian PM Rajeev Gandhi got married in 1968, in a Hindu ceremony. She later moved into the house of her mother-in-law and the then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.
Congress went on to form the government after the 2004 elections in coalition with other political parties under Sonia Gandhi's leadership. The coalition government was named as the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) which was re-elected to power in the next election in 2009. File Pic/PTI
Sonia Gandhi joined politics in 1997 and was elected as the President of Congress in 1998. Pic/PTI
Sonia Gandhi and her daughter Priyanka Gandhi wave at the large gathering in Sriperumbadur. File Pic/PTI
Sonia Gandhi arrived in Jaipur on Thursday morning as the party's Bharat Jodo Yatra is crossing through Rajasthan. She is scheduled to join Rahul Gandhi. The party's march is set to take a break on December 9, which is also Sonia Gandhi's birthday. Pic/PTI
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