Watch: Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi’s wedding video resurfaces; netizens react

The wedding video, reshared by the Instagram handle @indianhistoryposts, has amassed several reactions from social media users.

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Reacting to it, a user commented, “How beautifully n graciously she accepted Indian culture & India!!” Another user wrote, “A PM who had the guts to accept his wife in front of thr whole world, rather than leaving the wife like some other leaders.”

“I love how Indira Gandhi is conducting herself so simply like a regular Indian mom,” the third user wrote. “A beautiful wedding of a beautiful couple unfazed with so many differences of their origin in culture of their countries, religions, and a fear of acceptability,” another user reacted.

According to Rasheed Kidwai’s book on Sonia Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi wore a cream silk Patiala achkan and chooridars with a pink Bharatpuri turban for the wedding while Sonia donned a pale pink khadi saree. A day after the wedding, Indira Gandhi hosted a reception at the Ashok Hotel with Parsi, Kashmiri, and Italian cuisines.

Rajiv Gandhi first met Sonia in Cambridge. Their children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are senior Congress leaders today. In 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, following which P V Narasimha Rao was appointed as the Prime Minister of India.