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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 ] .
On the morning of 31 October 1984, his mother (the then prime minister) was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards [ 4 ][ 5 ][ 6 ][ 7 ] Satwant Singh and Beant Singh in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, an Indian military action to remove Sikh separatist activists from the Golden Temple of the Harmandir Sahib.
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...
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.
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
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.
Oct 21, 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.
Death: 21 May 1991. Place of Death: Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. Memorial: Rajiv Gandhi Memorial, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. Rajiv Gandhi was born in one of the most prominent political families of India.
May 21, 2018 · Rajiv Gandhi, India's sixth Prime Minister, was assassinated on 21 May 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. An LTTE activist named Thenmozhi Rajaratnam detonated an RDX-laden suicide belt...
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.
