Sonia Gandhi aka Edvige Antonia Albina Maino (Antonia Maino for Short), an Indian politician of Italian origin, was born in Lusiana, Veneto, Italy, in 1946.
Sonia Gandhi aka Edvige Antonia Albina Maino is an Indian politician who was born on December 9, 1946. She is the president of the Indian National Congress, a broad-based political party that has ruled India for the majority of the country's post-independence history.
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