Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi were married on 25 February, 1968. Before this marriage, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was not ready. Both were married at the house of Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan, a friend of Indira Gandhi’s father Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru and shadow poet of India. Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan is the father of Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan. Amitabh Bachchan’s father Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan had done the Kanyadaan of Sonia Gandhi. ,