Priyanka's Mother Sonia Gandhi born on 9 December1946 is an italian-indian politician.She is president of indian national congress party in present.She is the longest serving.Mrs.Gandhi was named the third most powerful woman in the world by Forbes Magazine in 2004.The british Magazine New Statesman inclued sonia gandhi at 29th in their annual survey of the world's most infuential figures in the year 2010.
In 1964 she went to study english at the Bell Educational Trust's Language School.Sonia gandhi met rajiv gandhi who was erolled in Trinity College in year 1965.Both of them married in 1968 this couple had two children rahul gandhi & priyanka gandhi. Sonia gandhi enter into indian public begin after the assassination of her mother-in-law and her husband's election as Prime Minister.
Congress President
After the Death of Rajiv gandhi and her refusal to becoming Prime Minister, the party has no choice of P.V.Narsimha Rao who became leader and prime minister over the next few years.By that, the fortunes continued to fall and it lost the year 1966 elections.In an effort to return back the party's fortunes she joined the congress party as a primary member in the Calcutta Plenary session in year 1997 and after that became leader in year 1998.Within 62 days of joining of a primary member , she was offered for the party president post which she accepted.She contested Lok sabha elections from bellary,Karnataka and Amethi (uttar pradesh) in year 1999.
In bellary she defeated veteran BJP leader Shushma Swaraj in year 2004 and 2009.By this, she was re-elected to the Lok Sabha from Rai Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.
