Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991.
Rajiv Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India till December 2, 1989. Born on August 20 in 1944, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber during an election rally in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991.
Congress and most of its leaders remembered the veteran politician with their tributes on social media while his family members and other party leaders visited Veer Bhumi in New Delhi to pay tributes.
The Congress party will hold commemorative programmes on May 21 to mark the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to highlight his contribution to the country.
New Delhi: BJP leader and prime minister designate Narendra Modi Wednesday paid homage to late prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 23rd death anniversary in a message on social networking web site twitter."My homage to
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