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Sonia Gandhi recalls losing first child, newborn’s burial at Mehrauli farm

In her autobiography, Belonging: A Journey of Love, Congress MP Sonia Gandhi recalls losing her first child, a premature baby boy, in January 1969. She recounts her grief,…

Sonia Gandhi recalls losing first child, newborn's burial at Mehrauli farm
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In her autobiography, Belonging: A Journey of Love, Congress MP Sonia Gandhi recalls losing her first child, a premature baby boy, in January 1969. She recounts her grief, her refusal to let the newborn's remains be consigned to a river, and how Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi buried him at the family's Mehrauli farm.

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