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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
5/1/1977Janata Party was established.
1/17/1905Dattaraya Ramchandra Kaprekar was born at Dahanu near Bombay. He discovered the shortest possible routes to solve mathematical problems. In 1927, he won the wrangler R. P. Paranjpe Mathematical Prize for an Original Piece of work in mathematics. He discovered 'Kaprekar Constant' in 1946. It is the number ""6174"". The constant 6174 is arrived at and this number then generates itself into one set of numbers called ""self numbers"" that is also known by his name. Kaprekar passed away in 1988.
5/19/1992Arjuna award for Tennis star Leander Paes and Hockey champion Jagbir Singh.
2/14/1970Supreme Court holds nationalization of banks illegal. Presidential ordinance revalidates nationalization.
5/10/1979Indy Khabra, Soccer(Football) player, was born.
2/26/1975Bhanubhai Shah established the first kite museum of India called 'Shankar Kendara' in Ahmedabad.
2/24/1961Government of Madras province was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
3/10/1954The history of 104 HU, the most prestigious and the oldest Helicopter Unit of the IAF, is studded with more than four decades of glorious past and yeomen service rendered to the country. One-O-Four was raised as Helicopter Flight at Palam on 10th March 1954.
3/22/1709It is assumed that Goswami Tulsidas started writing his great epic 'Ramcharitmanas' in Samvat 1631.
4/23/1930Riots break out in Peshawar; 20 Indians shot down after killing of three Britishers.