We remember his efforts towards nation, says PM Modi on Rajiv Gandhi birth Anniversary

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday recalled the “efforts” of former premier Rajiv Gandhi “towards the nation” on his birth anniversary.

 “Tributes to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji on his birth anniversary. towards the nation,” the PM tweeted. Today is Gandhi’s 74th birth anniversary.

Born on 20th August 1944, Rajiv Gandhi served as prime minister from 1984 to 1989. He was assassinated on May 21, 1991.

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on the night of May 21, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu by a woman suicide bomber, identified as Dhanu, at a poll rally.

Fourteen others, including Dhanu herself, were also killed in the blast. Gandhi’s assassination was perhaps the first case of suicide bombing which had claimed the life of a high-profile leader.