New Delhi: The former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21 in 1991 by a suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai.The suicide bombing was carried out by Thenmozhi Rajaratnam alias Dhanu and LTTE
1.Almost 2 hours after reaching Chennai for his campaign, Rajiv Gandhi was taken to Sriperumbudur in a white ambassador car.