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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. [2] At least 14 others, in addition to Gandhi and the assassin, were killed. [3]
Rajiv Gandhi. This article is about the politician. For other uses, see Rajiv Gandhi (disambiguation). Rajiv Gandhi [1] ( Hindi pronunciation: [raːdʒiːʋ ɡaːndʱiː] ⓘ; 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [2] [3] was an Indian politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.
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 election...
Jun 17, 2024 · While his brother was alive, Rajiv largely stayed out of politics; but, after Sanjay, a vigorous political figure, died in an airplane crash on June 23, 1980, Indira Gandhi, then prime minister, drafted Rajiv into a political career.
May 21, 2017 · Rajiv Gandhi told Sonia that the Congress party wanted him to take oath as the prime minister after Indira Gandhi's death. Sonia Gandhi, wrote Alexander, was dead against the idea. "No, they will kill you too," Alexander quoted Sonia Gandhi as saying in his book.
Jul 15, 1991 · Determined to prevent Rajiv Gandhi from returning to power fearing the reinduction of the IPKF, the LTTE supremo Pirabhakaran 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.
The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India, occurred on May 21, 1991, in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, during an election campaign event.
