rahul gandhi joined st. stephen's college, delhi in 1989 for his undergraduate education. however, he moved to harvard university after he completed the first year examinations. in 1991, rajiv gandhi was assassinated by the tamil tigers (ltte). after the assassination, rahul gandhi shifted to rollins college in florida, usa, due to security problems. while he was at rollins college, he used raul vinci as his name. his real name was known only to a few university officials and security agencies. he later studied at trinity college cambridge.