The following things have been named after

Rajiv Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi (; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to beco ...

, who was the

Prime Minister of India The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...

from 1984 to 1989. A

Right to Information The Right to Information (RTI) is an act of the Parliament of India which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens' right to information. It replaced the former Freedom of information act of 2002 (India), Freedom of Information Act ...

query raised in 2013 was answered saying that over 450 schemes, building, projects, institutions, etc. were named after the three family members (

Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (; ; ; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat— * * * * and author who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20t ...

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; Given name, ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 ...

and Rajiv Gandhi) of the

Nehru–Gandhi family The Nehru–Gandhi family is an Indian political family that has occupied a prominent place in the politics of India. The involvement of the family has traditionally revolved around the Indian National Congress, as various members have traditio ...

Airports

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad and it was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace B ...

at Hyderabad, Telangana.

Awards

Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award The Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award is the national quality award given by the Bureau of Indian Standards to Indian organisations that show excellence in their performance. It is named after Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India, ...

Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award (English: Rajiv Gandhi National Communal Harmony Award) is an Indian award given for outstanding contribution towards promotion of communal harmony, national integration and peace. The award was instituted ...

Educational Institutions

Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management (ARGUCOM) is a state university located in Sivasagar, Assam, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country ...

, Sivasagar, Assam * Rajiv Gandhi Science Centre, Mauritius * Rajeev Gandhi Memorial Boarding School, Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh *

Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology Rajiv Gandhi Academy for Aviation Technology (RAGAAT) is a state-owned pilot training institute run by the Government of Kerala, India. It is situated at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport. Originally founded as Kerala Flying Club, a ...

, Trivandrum, Kerala *

Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology is a research institute in India, exclusive devoted to research in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. It is located at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), the capital city of the state of Kerala in India. Th ...

, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. *

Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering Rājīv (Devanagari: राजीव, Bengali script: রাজীব) is a popular Indian, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Nepalese male name, also spelt Rajeev, Rajive, Rajib, Rajeeb, Rajiva and Rajiba. It is said that the lotus flower (''Nelumbo nuc ...

, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu *

Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering and Technology , motto = L'innovation par l'information (French) , mottoeng = Innovation Through Information , type = Private , affiliation = Pondicherry University , chairman = Shri M.K. Rajagopalan , principal = ...

, Puducherry * Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering, Research and Technology, Chandrapur, Maharashtra *

Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Veterinary Education and Research (RIVER) (formerly Rajiv Gandhi College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, RAGACOVAS: French: Collège Rajiv Gandhi des sciences vétérinaires et animales) is a veterinary college i ...

, Puducherry * Rajiv Gandhi Degree College, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh *

Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Sonipat Rajiv Gandhi Education City is a planned education city in Sonipat in the Indian state of Haryana. The city comes under the National Capital Region, Delhi and also under the Municipal Corporation and Urban Agglomeration of Sonipat City. It is ...

, Haryana *

Rajiv Gandhi Foundation The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was established on 21 June 1991. The foundation works on a range of issues including literacy, health, disability, empowerment of the underprivileged, livelihoods and natural resource management. Its current focus ar ...

, Delhi *

Rajiv Gandhi Government Engineering College Kangra Rajiv Gandhi Government Engineering College Kangra is an engineering college located in Nagrota Bagwan, Himachal Pradesh, India. Foundation The college was set up in the year 2014 under the Himachal Pradesh Technical University, Hamirpur, Hi ...

, Himachal Pradesh *

Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic Rajiv Gandhi Government Polytechnic (previously known as Arunachal Pradesh Polytechnic) is a multi-speciality, technology-oriented college located at Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. It is also the first polytechnic college in Arunachal Pradesh un ...

, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh *

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Adilabad also RIMS Adilabad is a medical institute located in Adilabad Adilabad is a city which serves as the headquarters of Adilabad district, in the Indian state of Telangana. Telugu language, ...

, Telangana * Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Ongole, Andhra Pradesh *

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Srikakulam The Government Medical College, Srikakulam (formerly known as Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences) is a medical college located in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is affiliated to Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences.It is one of ...

, Andhra Pradesh *

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), in Jais, Amethi (formerly in Raebareli), Uttar Pradesh, India, is a training and education institute focusing on STEM and petroleum industry. It was formally opened in July 2008. It has ...

, Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh. * Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Pharmacy, Trikaripur, Kerala *

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RIT) (Government Engineering College), Kottayam, India is a state government-owned engineering college in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Located 14 km away from Kottayam, Kerala, India, near Pamp ...

, Kerala *

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RGIT) is a private engineering college affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Founded in 1992, the institute is located in Andheri (west), Mumbai, India. The college is run by the Manjara Charitable Trust ...

, Maharashtra *

Rajiv Gandhi Medical College Rajiv Gandhi Medical College and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital is a school of medicine, established in 1992 and based in Thane, in Kalwa, Mumbai, India. Ranking The hospital is ranked sixth in Maharashtra, first in Thane and Mumbai subu ...

, Kalwa, Maharashtra *

Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) is an autonomous central university at Fursatganj Airfield in Uttar Pradesh, India, for aviation studies and research. It is under the administration of the Ministry of Civil Aviation of the G ...

, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh *

Rajiv Gandhi National Cyber Law Center Rajiv Gandhi National Cyber Law Centre, Bhopal was established in 2006 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India,New Delhi. The institution is first to deal with new and critical issues relating to various techno-legal ...

, Delhi *

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), is a public law school and a National Law University located in Patiala, Punjab, India. It was established in 2006 by the Punjab Government (Punjab Act No. 12 of 2006) as a university dedicated ...

, Patiala, Punjab * Rajiv Gandhi Polytechnic, Kavalkhed, Udgir, Maharashtra *

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), also known as State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh, is a state university situated in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is a multi-campus affiliating, research university offering di ...

, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh *

Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur (RGSOIPL or IIT Kgp Law School) is a law school located in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. An academic unit of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, it is the first law schoo ...

, Kharagpur *

Rajiv Gandhi Technical University Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), also known as State Technological University of Madhya Pradesh, is a state university situated in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is a multi-campus affiliating, research university offering di ...

, at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. *

Rajiv Gandhi University Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) (formerly Arunachal University) is the oldest university in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is located at Rono Hills in Doimukh town, about nine miles from the state capital, Itanagar. The foundation ston ...

, Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh. *

Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), centered in Bengaluru, India, is a public, affiliating university set up in 1996 by the government of Karnataka, India, for the regulation and promotion of higher education in health sciences ...

, Bangalore, Karnataka. *

Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies IIIT Basara also known as, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) is a state university in Basara, Nirmal district, Telangana, India. The university offers Undergraduate, Post Graduate and Ph.D degree in various technology ...

, Basar, Telangana * Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Nuzvid, Andhra Pradesh

Hospitals

Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCIRC) is a non-profit medical facility and research institute based in Delhi, India specialising in cancer treatment and research. It is one of the largest medical centers for cancer treatmen ...

, Delhi *

Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital is a major state-owned hospital situated in Chennai, India. The hospital is funded and managed by the state government of Tamil Nadu. Founded in 1664 by the British East India Company, it is the first moder ...

, at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. * Rajiv Gandhi Government Women And Children's Hospital, Pondicherry * Rajiv Gandhi Chest Hospital, Bengaluru

Sports Stadiums

Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium Regional Sports Centre, also known as Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium is a multipurpose sports centre in Kochi, Kerala, India. The stadium is situated in of land, the centre has the facilities for badminton, tennis, basketball, table tennis, swi ...

, Kochi, Ernakulam, Kerala * Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Belapur,

Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai (), is a planned city situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent, located in the Konkan division of Maharashtra state, on the mainland of India. Navi Mumbai is part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The city is ...

. * *

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, also colloquially known as Dehradun Cricket stadium is a cricket stadium in the Dehradun, Uttarakhand in India. It is the home ground of Uttarakhand cricket team. It is the first international stand ...

, Uttarakhand. *

Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad The Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, also colloquially known as Hyderabad Cricket Stadium is a cricket stadium in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Located in the eastern suburb of Uppal, it has a maximum capacity of 55,000 and extend ...

, Telangana. * Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex, Rohtak, Haryana *

Rajiv Gandhi Stadium Rajiv Gandhi Stadium may refer to: * Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium, an indoor stadium in Ernakulam, Kerala, India * Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun, a cricket stadium in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India * Rajiv Gandhi International C ...

, Aizawl, Mizoram.

Museums

* Rajiv Gandhi Garden, Udaipur, Rajasthan *

Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History The Regional Museum of Natural History, Sawai Madhopur or The Rajiv Gandhi Regional Museum of Natural History, Sawai Madhopur is the country`s fourth regional museum of Natural History in Sawai Madhopur, India with exhibits on plants, animals ...

, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan * Rajiv Smruthi Bhavan, Visakhapatnam * Rajiv Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuary, (Formerly known as Nagarjunasagar - Srisailam Tiger Reserve), Andhra Pradesh

Schemes

* Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme * Rajiv Yuva Kiranalu *Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan *Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana

Others

Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust The Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust (RGCT) is a registered non-profit institution which was established in 2002 by the Indian National Congress. Named after the 6th Prime Minister of India, the trust is headed by the Interim President of the India ...

, Delhi * Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal, at Kochi, Kerala. *

Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan is the corporate headquarters of Airports Authority of India (AAI). AAI which functions under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and manages most of the airports in India. The Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation is co-located in ...

, Delhi * Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power Project, at Alappuzha district, Kerala. *

Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park Hinjawadi (also incorrectly spelt Hinjewadi) is a suburb on the outskirts of Pune, India. It houses the Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park, a large tech and business park spread over 2,800 acres, which was built by the Maharashtra Industrial Development ...

, Pune, Maharashtra *

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, is an Institution of National Importance Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher educa ...

, Delhi * Rajiv Gandhi Memorial, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu *

Rajiv Gandhi Salai State Highway 49A (SH-49A) also known as Rajiv Gandhi Salai and Rajiv Gandhi IT Expressway or just IT Expressway is a major road connecting Chennai, Tamil Nadu with Mahabalipuram in Chengalpattu district, Tamil Nadu. It is 45 km long and ...

, Chennai * Rajiv Gandhi Setu, Mumbai *

Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station is located at Khedar village near Barwala in Hisar district of Haryana, India. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL). The Engineering, p ...

References

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