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Early life	7,309	7,309
Political career	24	28,108
Rajiv Gandhi's premiership (1984–1990)	3,191	3,191
Active politics and Congress President (1991–1998)	4,500	4,500
Leader of the Opposition (1999–2003)	1,736	1,736
Electoral success and NAC chairmanship (2004–2014)	9,006	9,006
2014–present	8,209	9,651
Entry to Rajya Sabha	1,442	1,442
Personal life	1,924	1,924
Electoral performances	1,219	1,219
Honours and recognition	6,491	6,491
Bibliography	587	587
See also	48	48
References	15	93
Notes	33	33
Citations	45	45
Further reading	433	433
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Name of Sonia Gandhi

@TheWikiholic recently removed Antonia from the article citing previous discussion. I am now very well aware of the discussion that took place at Talk:Sonia Gandhi/Archive 5#Birth name controversy. But I want to bring everyone's kind attention to something that I saw on the internet. A very distinguished politician-cum-Supreme Court lawyer and long term parliamentarian of India Subramanian Swamy posted an image from his official Facebook handle. Many others too have posted the same image on various handles and is available on internet. I just want the community to kindly look at it and once again discuss whether Antonia Maino is her birth name or not. This might help.

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A more clear image can be seen here

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I know that I might be wrong or may be right but I want to get this thing clear. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 07:46, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Subramanian Swamy is not a reliable source for the birth name of Sonia Gandhi. Maybe we can use him as a reliable source for the birth names of Gitanjali Swamy and Suhasini Haidar. TheWikiholic (talk) 11:16, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@TheWikiholic That was a good one. But I didn't say that he is a reliable source. I just said the document shared by him and others on Internet should be verified. If correct then that is definitely reliable. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 12:41, 28 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]