Sanjay Gandhi 40th Death Anniversary: Some Rare & Unseen Photos Of The Gandhi Heir Who Died Too Soon

In 1977 political satire, Kissa Kursi Ka, produced by Janata Party MP Amrit Nahata, was banned by Sanjay Gandhi. It resulted in Sanjay Gandhi and then I&B minister VC Shukla in an 11-month long legal case for destroying all the prints and the master-print of the film. Kissa Kursi Ka had spoofed Sanjay Gandhi's auto-manufacturing plans (later established as Maruti Udyog in 1981) and some Congress supporters. In pic, Indira Gandhi with her sons Rajiv and Sanjay. (Photo Getty Images)

Sanjay Gandhi married Maneka Anand (now Gandhi) when the latter was just 18 years old, in 1974. In pic: Sanjay Gandhi with Maneka Gandhi. (Photo: AFP)

Sanjay Gandhi was appointed the Secretary-General of the Congress in May 1980. Just a month later, he died in an air crash. Sanjay Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi was flying a new aircraft of the Delhi Flying Club, and, while performing an aerobatic stunt, lost control and crashed. He died instantly from head wounds in an air crash on June 23, 1980, near Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi. The only passenger in the plane, Captain Subhash Saxena, also died in the crash. (Photo AFP)

Sanjay Gandhi escaped an assassination attempt in March 1977 when unknown assailants fired at his car during an election campaign near New Delhi. (Getty Images)

Even while Sanjay Gandhi was keen on building a career as an airline pilot apart from being a politician, Sanjay remained extremely attached to his mother, Indira Gandhi. In pic: Sanjay with his mother just before death in a plane crash in Delhi. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images

Maruti Udyog, today India's premier automobile manufacturing corporation, was founded by Sanjay Gandhi, but the company did not produce any vehicles during his lifetime. In photo, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with her 2 sons Rajiv and Sanjay in New Delhi, (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Sanjay Gandhi was interested in sports cars, and also obtained a pilot's licence in 1976. He had also won several prizes in aircraft acrobatics. Sanjay Gandhi never attended college. Instead, he took up an apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce in Crewe, England. (Photo: Varun Gandhi/Twitter)

Sanjay Gandhi was expected to succeed his mother, Indira Gandhi as head of the Indian National Congress. Sanjay Gandhi studied at Welham Boys' School and then at the Doon School in Dehradun. In photo, Sanjay Gandhi addressing a public meeting during a visit to the West Bengal region of India, 2nd June 1976. (Photo: Varun Gandhi/Twitter)

The youngest son of Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi And Feroz Gandhi was known as the 'Crown Prince Of India'. On his 40th Death Anniversary let's take a look on his journey. (Photo: Varun Gandhi/Twitter)