RajivвЂ™s father Feroze Gandhi (No relative of Mahatma Gandhi) was a вЂњLok SabhaвЂќ MP from 1952 till his demise in 1960. RajivвЂ™s great grandfather Pandit Motilal Nehru was a leading lawyer who played a prominent role in the Indian freedom struggle against Britain. RajivвЂ™s maternal Grandfather Pandit Jawarhalal Nehru became Independent IndiaвЂ™s first prime minister in 1947 and remained at the helm for 17 years until his death in 1964. RajivвЂ™s mother Indira Gandhi had been Prime minister of India from 1966 to 19 to 1984. In a singular decisive act the LTTE had murdered on Tamil Nadu soil a former Indian prime minister hailing from IndiaвЂ™s most famous political first family.

42 were seriously injured.ДЄ few of the injured also succumbed to their wounds in hospital later on.The вЂњhuman bombвЂќ assassination that was soon to become a hallmark of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) organization rocked India and shocked the world.ДЄt Sriperumbudur, May 21st 1991 ~ вЂњDhanuвЂќ with sandalwood garland ~ Sivarasan seen at far right Rajiv Gandhi, the assailant Dhanu and at least 18 others were killed in the blast instantly. She set off a concealed explosive device that was strapped to her body. The be вЂ“ spectacled girl in an orange and green churidar then came near and bent down respectfully to touch RajivвЂ™s feet. When a Policewoman tried to shoo her off, Rajic restrained her and told the cop to let the girl come near. It was then that a Sri lankan Tamil girl known by the name of вЂњDhanuвЂќ got close to Rajiv Gandhi and tried to give him a sandalwood garland. The 46 year old Indian ex вЂ“ premier was then immersed in a hectic political campaign to win the Indian Parliamentary elections. Rajiv as he was generally known was in Sriperumbudur to address a propaganda meeting in support of Congress party candidate Ms. Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by LTTE, One-eyed Sivarasan and the Indo-Lanka Accord-by D.B.S.JEYARAJ

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