$ 0 0 Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi's love story blossomed when they met each other in 1965. They dated for three years and took their relationship forward by tying the knot in 1968.Sanjay Gandhi, the son of Indira Gandhi, met Maneka when the latter was modelling for Bombay Dyeing. After dating for a few months, the couple tied the knot on September 23, 1974. Sanjay died in a plane crash in 1980. Maneka Gandhi is currently an active politician, animal rights activist and environmentalist. Indira Gandhi met Feroze in Europe and the couple soon fell in love. The couple eventually decided to take the nuptial vows in 1942. Sachin Pilot, son of deceased Congress leader Rajesh Pilot, met Sara, the daughter of former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, in London. They both fell in love and decided to take their relationship forward. Abdullah family strongly opposed the marriage but the couple was adamant to get married and they finally tied the knot in 2004. Omar Abdullah, the current chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, met his wife Payal while they were both working at The Oberoi, Delhi. Omar was then a young marketing executive in the same hotel chain. They got married on September 1, 1994. However, now the couple is seperated. Priyanka Gandhi first met Robert Vadra at a party organised by their friends. Love blossomed and both agreed to take their relationship ahead after six years of dating. Dharmendra and Hema Malini took to politics after a super-successful career in Indian film industry. The couple fell in love on the sets of historical film Sholay and soon decided to get married. The couple even converted to Islam to marry each other. Akhilesh Yadav was 25 years old when he met Dimple who was 21 at that time. The couple liked each other company and soon fell in love. After convicing his father Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh tied the knot with Dimple in 1990. Akhilesh is now the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh while Dimple is Lok Sabha member from Kannauj. Minister of state for Human Development Shashi Tharoor met Sunanda Pushkar for the first time in the year 2008. The couple soon fell in love and decided to get married. They tied a knot on August 22, 2010. However, their love story came to a tagic end when Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a hotel on January 17, 2014. Michelle met Barack Obama in 1989. She was working at a law firm as an advisor to Obama. They 'clicked' on their first date and fell in love with each other. They got married on October 3, 1992. Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham met in 1970 at Yale. From the moment of their meeting, they created a partnership, both political and personal, that helped shape the course of the country. In February of 1948, Margaret, a Conservative candidate for Dartford, met Denis Thatcher, a local businessman. The sparks flew between the two and before the couple knew, they were in love. They married each other on 13th December, 1951. Sir Denis's marriage to Lady Thatcher lasted for more than 50 years until his death in 2003 at the age of 88. George Bush was smitten with the beauty of Laura when they first met in 1977. The couple got married on November 5, 1977. When the current vice president of the U.S. Joe Biden met Jill Jacobs in 1975, it was love at first sight. He knew instantly that he would marry her. Biden was a widower when he met his future wife. He says that his two young sons played a very important role in taking his and Jill's relationship forward. Connie Mack, now a Former U.S. Reps., married Mary Bono, now a former Republican representative from California, in a private ceremony in December 2007. Mack proposed to Bono that August while on a camping trip in Moab, Utah. Mack and Bono dated for two years prior to their wedding. in 2013, the couple announced that they are divorcing. U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell married his second wife Elaine Chao in 1993. Chao served as the Secretary of Labor under Republican President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009. Elizabeth Dole, a former United States Senator, met her husbnd Bobe, now a former U.S. Senate Majority Leader, in 1972. The couple dated for a couple of years and tied the knot on December 6, 1975