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
2. When he reached the venue in Sriperumbudur, he got out of the car and started walking towards the dais to deliver his speech.