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Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi
The
assassination of
Rajiv Gandhi
, the ex-
Prime Minister of India
, occurred as a result of a
suicide bombing
in
Sriperumbudur
, near
Chennai
, in
Tamil Nadu
,
India
on 21 May 1991. At least 14 others were also killed. It was carried out by
Thenmozhi Rajaratnam
, also known as Dhanu. The attack was blamed on the
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
(LTTE), a
militant
organization from
Sri Lanka
; at the time
India
had just ended its involvement, through the
Indian Peace Keeping Force
, in the
Sri Lankan Civil War
. Subsequent accusations of
conspiracy
have been addressed by two commissions of inquiry and have brought down at least one national government.
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