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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 ]
On 21 May 1991, Kalaivani Rajaratnam carried out the assassination of Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. She was the suicide bomber who killed Gandhi at his rally in Sriperumbudur. The assassination was part of the LTTE's campaign against Indian involvement in Sri Lanka's civil conflict. [2] Site at which the attack was carried out
The Rajiv Gandhi Memorial at Sriperumbudur marks the site of the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. There have been numerous assassination attempts on prime ministers of India . The prime minister is the executive head of the Union Government of India , and is usually the most powerful person in the country.
Rajiv Gandhi [a] (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) [1] [2] [3] was an Indian politician who was the prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the assassination of his mother, then–prime minister Indira Gandhi, to become at the age of 40 the youngest Indian prime minister.
May 21: LTTE suicide bomber Thenmuli Rajaratnam assassinated former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi while the latter was campaigning for a parliamentary candidate in Tamil Nadu, also killing an additional 13 civilians. [8] Following the assassination, seven suspected LTTE activists committed suicide after being surrounded by police. [9]
While campaigning in the 1991 Indian general election, former prime minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a female suicide bomber, Kalaivani Rajaratnam. Rajaratnam was affiliated with the Black Tigers, a cadre of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
The decision to send the IPKF in Sri Lanka was taken by then Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi, who held office until 1989. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at a rally at Sriperumbudur on 21 May 1991, while he was campaigning for re-election during the 1991 Indian general election, by a LTTE suicide bomber named Dhanu.
The LTTE carried out their first suicide attack in July 1987, [b] [134] and their Black Tiger unit committed 83 suicide attacks from 1987 to 2009, killing 981 people [135] including former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi [136] [137] [138] and the president of Sri Lanka, Ranasinghe Premadasa.