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Historical Event on 5/24/1991
The body of Rajiv Gandhi, India's assassinated former premier and son of the late Indira Gandhi, was cremated in New Delhi today. He was killed by a suicide bomber in the southern state of Tamil Nadu three days ago. Police suspect that Tamil rebels, fighting for independence in Sri Lanka, carried out the murder. Gandhi's death signaled the end of the Nehru dynasty's rule over India. His two children were too young to assume the leadership of this turbulent nation. There was pressure for Sonia Gandhi to succeed her husband, but she was Italian-born and refused.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 3/8/1986 | L.K. Advani elected President of BJP. |
| 3/10/1922 | Gandhiji arrested for the first time in Bombay on the charges of sedition at Sabarmati. |
| 10/17/1998 | Nine women are buried alive as the roof of the 200-year-old Balaji temple in Varanasi's Ramghat area caves in. |
| 6/5/1973 | Madhav Sadashiv Golvalkar, politician and RSS chief, passed away. |
| 2/6/1953 | Congress, PSP, CP and Jansangh recognised as All India parties by the Election Commission. |
| 8/14/1987 | Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, was given to Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890-1988), Frontier Gandhi. He is the first non-Indian to receive this honour. |
| 12/22/1999 | The Government says there is no hidden agenda behind the US lifting of curbs. |
| 7/8/1997 | 33 persons killed and 67 injured as blast rips through part of Ambala-bound train at Lehra Khana station in Bhatinda district, Punjab. |
| 10/23/1992 | The dissident ministers of Bangarappa government in Karnataka resign |
| 6/3/1890 | Baburao Painter (Baburao Krishnaji Meshri), famous painter, sculptor, film producer and director, was born. |
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