Rajiv Gandhi's last public meeting was at Sriperumbudur on 21 May 1991, in a village approximately 30 miles from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, where he was assassinated while campaigning for the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Congress candidate. The assassination was carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
At 10:10 pm,a woman (later identified as Thenmuli Rajaratnam) approached Rajiv Gandhi in a public meeting and greeted him. She then bent down to touch his feet (an expression of respect among Indians) and detonated a belt laden with 700 grams of RDX explosives tucked under her dress. The explosion killed Rajiv Gandhi and at least 14 other people. The assassination was caught on film through the lens of a local photographer, whose camera and film were found at the site. The cameraman himself died in the blast but the camera remained intact.
The Rajiv Gandhi Memorial was built at the site recently and is one of the major tourist attractions of the small industrial town.
The Rajiv Gandhi Memorial at Delhi.
The Rajiv Gandhi Memorial at Sriperumbudur.
The Supreme Court judgement, by Judge Thomas, confirmed that the killing was carried out due to personal animosity of the LTTE chief Prabhakaran towards Mr Rajiv Gandhi arising out of his sending the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) to Sri Lanka and the alleged IPKF atrocities against Srilankan Tamils. However, it should be noted that the Rajiv Gandhi administration had already antagonised other Tamil militant organisations like PLOTE for reversing the military coup in Maldives back in 1988.
The judgment further cites the death of Thileepan in a hunger strike and the suicide by 12 LTTE cadres in a vessel in Oct 1987.
In the Jain Commission report, various people and agencies are named as suspected of having been involved in the murder of Rajiv Gandhi. Among them, the cleric Chandraswamiwas suspected of involvement, including financing the assassination. The interim report of the Jain Commission created a storm when it accused Karunanidhi of a role in the assassination, leading to Congress withdrawing its support for the I. K. Gujralgovernment and fresh elections in 1998. LTTE spokesman Anton Balasingham told the Indian television channel NDTV that the killing was a "great tragedy, a monumental historical tragedy which we deeply regret." A memorial christened Veer Bhumi was constructed at his cremation spot in Delhi. In 1992, the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was instituted by All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress Party (INC).
The International Airport constructed at Hyderabad has been named Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and was inaugurated by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.
Gandhi was killed by a Hindu brahmin called Nathuram Godse.
A Hindu named Nathuram Godse shot Gandhi with 3 bullets and killed him on January 30 1948.
mahatma gandi was killed by Nathuram godse on railway station by firing bullet at his back on 28th January 1949.
nathuram godse
The assassin was Nathuram Godse.
MK stands for Mohandas karamchand gandhi this is his full name
Gopal Krishna gandhi is the grand son of MK Gandhi
Kasturba Gandhi Harilal Manilal Ramdas Devdas
Mk Gandhi called his wife Kasturba because it was her name.
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The full name of Mk Gandhi is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.
MK stands for Mohandas karamchand gandhi this is his full name
He was an attorney.
Karamchand Gandhi was the father of MK Gandhi.
M.K Gandhi
No, Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi was a trained lawyer.
Gopal Krishna gandhi is the grand son of MK Gandhi
Kasturba Gandhi Harilal Manilal Ramdas Devdas
You mean Gandhi?If yes, then MK Ghandhi known as Mohandas Karmachand Gandhi or Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma meaning Great Soul was a freedom fighter and atlast achieved his life-set goal of making India an independent nation in 1947. He was therefore known as the Father of the Nation.Hope that helped :)mk gandhi is a great poltician who brought freedom for our country India
Bodyguards of Indira Gandhi killed her.
mahatma gandhi gave him the title sardar
Mk Gandhi called his wife Kasturba because it was her name.