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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
10/5/1890Kishorlal Ghanshyamlal Mashruwala, great thinker and philosopher of Gandhi era, was born.
10/20/1919Chaitanyabala Divatia, great author, was born in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
10/29/1991Janta Dal leaders inculding V.P. Singh arrested on way to Ayodhya.
1/29/1953Indian National Academy of Dance, Drama and Music inaugurated.
9/7/1965U.S. suspends military aid to India and Pakistan.
2/20/1953India opens $ 140 mil. power system modeled after TVA.
4/22/2000Bhaktavar Lentin (72), former Judge of the Bombay High Court, died after a prolonged illness at his residence in Mumbai.
7/8/1930The King opens India House in the Aldwych, appealing for peace in India at London.
2/1/1986Pope John Paul II arrives in New Delhi for a 10-day visit.
2/28/1712Bahadur Shah I died at Lahore at the age of 72 in the war of succession.