Contemporary era · 1991
Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
Former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on 21 May 1991. The incident resulted in the deaths of 17 people including Rajiv Gandhi and the perpetrator, 22-year-old Kalaivani Rajaratnam, a member of the Tamil militant organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
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- When
- 21 May 1991
- Where
- Sriperumbudur
- Era
- Contemporary
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