Who was the youngest ever PM

Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest person to become Prime Minister of India, assuming office at the age of 40 on October 31, 1984, following his mother Indira Gandhi's assassination. Unlike most Indian politicians of his generation, Rajiv Gandhi did not come from a traditional political background—he was a commercial airline pilot for Indian Airlines and only entered politics in 1981 after his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi died in an airplane crash. His rapid rise to the highest political office was both a result of the Congress Party's reliance on the Nehru-Gandhi family's legacy and the sympathy wave that followed his mother's tragic death.

Despite his youth and relative inexperience in politics, Rajiv Gandhi led the Congress Party to its largest-ever electoral victory in the 1984 general elections, winning over 400 seats in Parliament. His tenure as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989 was marked by efforts to modernize India through technology and economic reforms, including early steps toward computerization, telecommunications expansion, and lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years. However, his government also faced serious challenges including the Bofors corruption scandal, the controversial Indian Peace Keeping Force intervention in Sri Lanka, and various other political difficulties. He was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber on May 21, 1991, at the age of 46, during an election campaign in Tamil Nadu. His record as the youngest Prime Minister remains unbroken and serves as a reminder of how circumstances can thrust relatively inexperienced individuals into positions of extraordinary responsibility.