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The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, India on 21 May 1991. At least 14 others, in addition to Gandhi and the assassin, were killed. [3]
Nov 11, 2022 · Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber at a poll rally. A look at who the convicts are, and how the Supreme Court ordered their release.
Nov 14, 2022 · The former prime minister was assassinated by a woman suicide bomber named Dhanu at a poll rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on the night of May 21, 1991. The blast killed at least 13...
Rajiv Gandhi, the 46-year-old former Indian prime minister, has been assassinated. He was campaigning for the Congress Party on the second day of voting in the world's largest democratic...
Jul 15, 1991 · Determined to prevent Rajiv Gandhi from returning to power fearing the reinduction of the IPKF, the LTTE supremo Prabhakaran ordered the killing of Rajiv at a meeting held in Jaffna in October 1990. An exclusive investigation on the people involved and how the plot was hatched and executed.
May 20, 2022 · Rajiv Gandhi was the Congress Party's leading general secretary [since 1981], and became the country's prime minister [1984–1989] after the assassination of his mother. Rajiv Gandhi was married to Sonia Gandhi.
May 18, 2022 · Perarivalan, an Indian citizen who was 19 when Gandhi was assassinated by the LTTE suicide bombers on May 21, 1991, was released by the Supreme Court on May 18. Six other convicts who facilitated the assassination have been serving life imprisonment in India.
Jun 15, 1991 · A detailed account of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. The trade-off with Rajiv Gandhi's life was made the moment the last clasp on the belt was fastened. The human bomb has taken a toll this country, and indeed history, will never be able to forget.
May 20, 2021 · Rajiv Gandhi is greeted before his address at an election rally in Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991, moments before he was killed by a suicide bomber. In retrospect, everyone is wise.
May 18, 2022 · May 21, 1991: Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu at 10.20 pm. May 24, 1991: The investigation was handed over to a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
