relations death_date death_place predecessor birth_place successor religion children party nationality office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
nehru -- gandhi family 23 june 1980 new delhi ravindra pratap singh new delhi rajiv gandhi zoroastrianism varun gandhi indian national congress indian member of parliament for amethi 14 december 1946 18 january 1980 maneka gandhi sanjay gandhi.jpg sanjay gandhi
 23 june 1980 sanjay gandhi
sanjay gandhi

sanjay gandhi -lrb- 14 december 1946 -- 23 june 1980 -rrb- was an indian politician .
he was a member of the nehru-gandhi dynasty .
during his lifetime he was widely expected to succeed his mother , indira gandhi as head of the indian national congress , but following his early death in a plane crash his elder brother rajiv became their mother 's political heir , and succeeded her as prime minister of india after her death .
sanjay 's widow maneka gandhi and son varun gandhi are politicians of the bjp .
