On Rajiv Gandhi's 30th death anniversary, take a look at leaders who were assassinated

SUMMARY

Today is the 30th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was assassinated on May 21, 1991, in Sriperumbudur town of Tamil Nadu by a suicide bomber during election campaigning. V Sriharan alias Murugan, his wife Nalini, Santhan, A G Perarivalan, Jayakumar, Robert Payas, and P Ravichandran are the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. Take a look at some of the famous leaders who were assassinated:

By CNBCTV18.comMay 21, 2021 11:38:28 PM IST (Updated)

Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, at Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, by a woman suicide bomber, Dhanu, at an election rally of the Congress party. Reports said Gandhi had made an enemy of the Tamil Tigers, a militant group based out of Sri Lanka after he sent thousands of troops to help Sri Lanka fight the Tigers four years earlier. (Pic: Reuters)

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards. Her death resulted in widespread violence and thousands of Sikhs were reported killed.

The assassination was a result of her order to the Army to raid the Golden Temple to flush out Sikh separatists hiding in the holiest shrine. (Pic: Reuters)

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th US President, was shot dead by actor John Wilkes Booth. The incident took place five days after the Civil War ended. (Pic: White House)

John K Kennedy, the 35th US president was shot dead by former Marine Lee Harvey Oswald while he travelling in a motorcade in Dallas. Though many suspect a larger conspiracy behind the assassination, nothing could be proved. (Pic: White House)

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed in a suicide bombing at an election rally in Rawalpindi in 2007. (Pic: Reuters)

Former Israeli prime minister ​Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, a right-wing extremist, at a rally in Tel Aviv in 1995. The leader was working to establish peace between Israel and Palestine. (Pic: Reuters)

Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Ranasinghe Premadasa, was assassinated in Colombo in a suicide bombing by the LTTE. (Pic: Sri Lanka govt)