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</div><div class="right"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="h"><h1>Rich tributes paid to Rajiv Gandhi</h1></div><p><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="/7.js"></script></p><div class="ba"><script type="text/javascript" src="/3.js"></script></div><!-- google_ad_section_start --><div class="c"><p><em>Governor and Chief Minister among others present</em></p>Hyderabad, May 21, 2006<p align="justify">On the occasion of the 15th death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, the Governor Rameshwar Thakur paid tributes to the former Prime Minister. He said that Rajiv Gandhi strove for decentralization of powers to strengthen the Panchayat Raj System.</p><p align="justify">The Chief Minister, YS Rajasekhara Reddy said that the aspirations of Rajiv Gandhi were being fulfilled by Sonia Gandhi. Rajya Sabha member V.Hanumantha Rao, and other Ministers and MLAs attended the function.</p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p><p align="justify"></p><p><small><em>This is an archive news page about an event that happened in the past. The News / Information might have changed in subsequent days as news gets developed. This page exists for referance purpose only.</em></small></p><p><script type="text/javascript" src="/3.js"></script></p></div><!-- google_ad_section_end --><div class="head">Andhra Pradesh on May 21, 2006</div><div class="content"><!--AndhraPradeshNews--><p><a href="/state/2006/May/21-Rich-tributes-paid-Rajiv-Gandhi.asp">Rich tributes paid to Rajiv Gandhi</a><br />Governor and Chief Minister among others present</p>
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