New Delhi: The nation on Thursday fondly remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 71st birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and other leaders paying tributes to him.

Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Rajiv Gandhi's wife and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi along with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid floral tributes at Vir Bhumi, the samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi.