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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
3/12/1995Congress party loses India national election.
5/2/1982Mohun Bagan retains Federation Cup (football) beating Mafatlal at Calicut.
12/24/1998A.B.Vajpayee, Prime Minister, announces increased cash awards for Asian Games medallists.
4/28/1936Abdul Rashid 'Fida' (Kishtwari), great poet, was born.
12/29/1968Chunilal Kalidas Madiya, famous Gujrathi playwright, story writer and novelist, died.
7/30/1996Delhi High Court rejects Narasimha Rao's petition seeking quashing of 09 order of chief metropolitan magistrate summoning him to appear as co-accused in the $ 100,000 Lakhubhai cheating case.
12/26/1801Supreme Courts had Bengal and Madras by the charter.
2/11/1989Pandit Narendra Sharma passed away.
4/18/1959India, Pakistan sign one-year pact on Indus River irrigation.
7/27/1998The Centre announces a hefty hike in the pay scales of university and college teachers.