Varun Gandhi Age, Wiki and Bio

Varun Gandhi

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth13/03/1980
Age44 years
BirthplaceNew Delhi, Delhi, India

Bio/Wiki

Full NameFeroze Varun Gandhi
Political PartyBharatiya Janata Party

Physical Stats & More

Height175 cm
Weight72 kg
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

EducationDegree In Economics And Politics
CollegeSOAS, University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science
QualificationBSc in Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE)

Personal Life

Zodiac SignPisces
HometownNew Delhi, India
SchoolRishi Valley School, Modern School C.P., New Delhi, and the British School, New Delhi

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
WifeYamini Roy Chowdhury (the great granddaughter of C.R. Das)
Children
SonNone
Daughters
  • Anasuyaa Gandhi
  • Aadya Priyadarshini (died in his arms at the age of 4, in 2011)

Family

FatherSanjay Gandhi
MotherManeka Gandhi
GrandfatherFeroze Gandhi
GrandmotherIndira Gandhi
Great-grandfatherJawaharlal Nehru
Great-grandmotherKamala Nehru (freedom fighter)
UncleRajiv Gandhi
AuntySonia Gandhi
Cousins
  • Rahul Gandhi
  • Priyanka Gandhi
Family Tree
ReligionHinduism

Career

Political Journey
  • Introduced to politics by his mother during the 1999 election campaigning
  • Joined BJP in 2004 along with his mother Maneka Gandhi
  • Fought and won the 2009 General Election for Lok Sabha from the Pilibhit constituency
  • Appointed as the national general secretary of the BJP in 2013, becoming the youngest ever general secretary of the party
  • Won the 2014 General Election from Sultanpur
  • Won the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from the Pilibhit Constituency, Uttar Pradesh

Favourites

SingerBob Dylan
Author(s)
  • Ruben Banerjee
  • Rana Safvi
PoetPritish Nandy
Book(s)Pritish Nandy
MovieLoving Vincent (2017)

Some Lesser Known Facts

Varun Gandhi, a member of the Nehru-Gandhi Family.
He lost his 4-month-old daughter, Aadya Priyadarshini, named after his grandmother, Indira Gandhi.
In 2015, Gandhi pledged to donate his entire MP salary to the families of farmers affected by the agrarian crisis.
He is a skilled writer and poet.
Varun operates an analytics company named 'Rajdhani.'
Published a book titled 'A Rural Manifesto: Realizing India’s Future Through Her Villages.'