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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
5/12/1949S Vijaya Laxmi Pandit, first woman foreign ambassador, was received in US.
9/4/1996Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.
6/20/1946Gandhiji attends Working Committee meeting from 20-21 June.
1/16/1919Nasikrao Khantadu Tirpude, former Duputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was born.
11/18/1997US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright arrives in New Delhi. Ms. Albright said she raised the 'all-important issue of terrorism' with Pakistan's top leadership.
9/3/1999India launches a new phase of military modernisation after the Kargil conflict.
5/28/199613-day-old BJP-led minority coalition govt. headed by A.B. Vajpayee quits at the end of a two-day debate on a motion of confidence.
11/27/1993Splendid bowling by Anil Kumble (6 for 12) helps India to beat West Indies by 102 runs in the Hero Cup finals in Calcutta.
1/26/1997Delhi becomes the first state in India to enforce a ban on smoking in all public places.
5/8/1997Mumbai High Court holds that Christian women can seek divorce on the sole ground of being subjected to cruelty and need not prove infedidelity on the part of their husbands or desertion.