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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
8/3/1905Uma Datt Sraswat, famous writer, was born at Biswan in U.P.
1/1/1976Broadcasting of Commercial Advertisements on TV stations started.
1/14/1980Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office till she was assassinated on October 31, 1984.
3/31/1999The PIO card, conferring privileges on persons of Indian origin settled abroad, is formally launched.
10/9/1996PVN Rao granted anticipatory bail in St. Kitts forgery case till Oct. 14.
8/25/1998Resurgent India Bonds garner more than 4 billion dollars of which 30\% are from the Middle East, 20\% each from South east Asia, US and Europe.
7/31/1996Joginder Singh became the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (till 30/06/97).
1/4/1937R. Surendranath, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s), was born in Meerut.
8/2/1993CEC Seshan postpones all elections including by-elections to December in protest against the government's attempt to subjugate the Commission.
10/2/1994Five die of pneumonic plague in Delhi. Surat toll rose to 47.