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  1. www.youtube.com › watchThe World This Week: The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi (Aired ......

    Jul 10, 2013 · NDTV Classics: As the world watched, India said a tearful farewell to slain former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Elsewhere, Iran struggles to keep up with an influx of Iraqi refugees as well as...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Assassination_of_Rajiv_GandhiAssassination of Rajiv Gandhi - Wikipedia

    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]

  3. www.youtube.com › watchRajiv Gandhi Assassinated - 1991 | Today In History - YouTube

    On May 21, 1991, former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber.You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.apa...

  4. news.bbc.co.uk › onthisday › hi1991: Bomb kills India's former leader Rajiv Gandhi

    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...

  5. www.newindianexpress.com › anatomy-of-rajiv-gandhis-assassination-2468974Anatomy of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination - The New Indian Express

    Jun 25, 2022 · A meticulous account of how a LTTE death squad murdered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and the SIT’s deadly cat-and-mouse game that brought the killers to justice. Former Prime Minister...

  6. www.peepultree.world › livehistoryindia › storyRajiv Gandhi Assassination: ‘There was a loud noise and everyone...

    May 20, 2021 · Arriving at Sriperumbudur. As the convoy entered Sriperumbudur junction at the entrance to the town, Rajiv was asked to garland the Indira Gandhi statue there. Firecrackers exploded and the sound followed the convoy as it reached the venue of the public meeting, about 2 km away.

  7. www.news18.com › news › explainersThe Labyrinthian Story of Rajiv Gandhi's Assassination & the ......

    Nov 13, 2022 · Rajiv Gandhi, India’s youngest prime minister at the time, was assassinated by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on May 21, 1991. Rajiv Gandhi was the second Indian prime minister to be assassinated, following his mother, Indira Gandhi, who was assassinated by her bodyguards.

  8. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1991/06/18-mn-925-storyPhotographer’s Last Shots: Clues to Gandhi’s Killers

    Jun 18, 1991 · Police say he was blown up by the same suicide bomber who, unknown to him, had hired him to record on film the instant that she completed her mission: the May 21 assassination of India’s former...

  9. www.nytimes.com › 1991/05/22 › obituariesASSASSINATION IN INDIA; Rajiv Gandhi: A Son Who Won, Lost and...

    May 22, 1991 · But his brother's death in 1980 and his mother's assassination in 1984 forced Rajiv Gandhi, the untested and unheralded heir, to gather up the Gandhi mantle.

  10. www.bbc.com › news › world-asia-india-63593702Rajiv Gandhi murder: India court orders release of convicts - BBC

    The Indian Supreme Court has ordered the release of six people convicted for the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.