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Also read: Sadbhavana Diwas 2023: 8 interesting facts about former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary Rajiv Gandhi, born on August 20, 1944, was tragically assassinated by an LTTE suicide bomber during an election rally in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991. At the event, former Vice President M Hamid Ansari presented the 25th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award for 2020-21 to Banasthali Vidyapith, a women's residential institution in Rajasthan, in the presence of Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge.

The award was handed over to Siddhartha Shastri of the institution. Sonia Gandhi also highlighted the significance of communal harmony, peace, and national unity, particularly in today's climate when the forces giving rise to hatred, division in society, bigotry and politics of bias are gaining momentum, often with the support of those in power.

Also read: Rajiv Gandhi birth anniversary: Son Rahul Gandhi pays tribute to father at 14,270 feet today She further added that Rajiv Gandhi was a supporter of the protection and conservation of polymorphism present in India. She praised Rajiv Gandhi's commitment to preserving India's rich diversity, emphasising that unity can only be strengthened by celebrating religious, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural differences.

The event, attended by Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, and other party leaders, took place at Jawahar Bhawan in Delhi on what would have been Rajiv Gandhi's 79th birth anniversary. Earlier in the day, Sonia Gandhi, along with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Robert Vadra, and Mallikarjun Kharge, paid floral tributes to Rajiv Gandhi at his memorial, 'Veer Bhumi,' in Delhi.