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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]
Prime Minister of India. Rajiv Gandhi was in West Bengal on 31 October 1984 when his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was assassinated by two of her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, to avenge the military attack on the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star.
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...
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.
Jul 15, 1991 · One month after the brutal assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, the crack special investigation team (SIT) has managed to edge considerably closer to unravelling the complex plot behind the shocking crime that stunned the nation.
May 21, 2012 · On the night of May 21st in the southern town of Sriperumbudur, this dynamism was suddenly stopped by a woman who bent down to touch his feet (an expression of respect among Indians) and detonated herself. Rajiv Gandhi and at least 14 other people were killed.
May 21, 2017 · In Short. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991. Sonia Gandhi received an unknown phone call from Chennai. Rajiv Gandhi had flown to Chennai without his personal security chief. In the two years before Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, India had witnessed political instability.
