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Historical Event on 5/21/1991

Rajiv Gandhi, Indian Prime Minster (1984-91), assassinated by human bomb explosion plotted by LTTE at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu, 40 km from Madras, at 10.20 P.M.

Other Historical Dates and Events
4/13/1982Bindeshwari Prasad Mandal passed away.
10/10/1844Badruddin Taibjee, lawyer and leader, was born.
10/2/2000Mukesh Kumar, India hockey player, retires from international hockey.
5/11/1987President's rule imposed in Punjab.
6/24/1961Indian Manufactured Supersonic fighter HF24 flew took to air for the first time.
6/12/1997Jain hawala case dropped against former ministers Kamal Nath, B.D. Dhakne, Chand Ram and Bhuta Singh.
12/13/1991Justice M. H Kania of Maharashtra sworn in as the 23rd Chief Justice of India.
6/30/1823Sir Dinshaw Manokji Petit, famous industrialist, was born.
11/5/1915Balasaheb Devras, sar sanghchalak of RSS, was born.
9/1/1999Mr. Justice Arijit Pasayat, appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.