21-5-1991: Suicide Bomb Kills Former Indian PM

Sriperumbudur - Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India who served since October 31, 1984 until December 2, 1989.

He is the son of Indira Gandhi and grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru who both served as Prime Minister of India.

That day, May 21, 1991 at 10:21 local time, Thenmozhi Rajaratnam alias Dhanu approached Rajiv Gandhi was campaigning in Sriperumbudur, a city not far from Chennai, capital of Tamil Nadu. The young woman bent down, touched the feet of Former Prime Minister of India.

Tamil separatist groups from Sri Lanka, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) accused of masterminding the murder.

The death of Rajiv Gandhi at the age of 46 years to make the world uproar. The event also marked the end of 'Nehru dynasty'.

According to the BBC, Saturday (21/05/2016) before turning to politics, Rajiv worked as a pilot. But after his brother, Sanjay, died in a plane crash in 1980, he quit his job and was elected to the parliament seats.

Rajiv also had to replace her office as Prime Minister of India, because the woman was killed by his own bodyguards in 1984.

During the lead, he encouraged foreign investment, free economy, and the rejuvenation of his own party - the Indian National Congress.

On the same date in 2011, a man named Harold Camping predicted the impending doom.

He said that today is a judgment in which approximately 200 million chosen people will ascend to heaven, leaving Earth incarnate hellish for 5 months.

Also on the same date in 1881, was formed by the American Red Cross volunteers Clara Barton and Adolphus Solomons.