08 December,2022 10:49 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Sonia Gandhi. File Pic
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson and former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will celebrate her 76th birthday on December 9. One of the most prominent politicians of India, Sonia Gandhi was born on December 9, 1946. She joined politics in 1997 and was elected as the President of Congress in 1998.
She has held the post of Congress President since 1998 and has been a Lok Sabha MP since 1999. In the 2004 General Elections, she led the electoral campaign of her party which secured the largest number of seats.
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