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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
6/25/1932	India played their first official test match on the ground of Lords against England.
5/10/1910	Robert Koch, nobel laureate, died of an heart attack.
5/10/1910	Humayun died at Delhi. Two days earlier he had slipped on the staircase of a library being constructed at the Old Fort.
4/15/1963	Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer (Indian opening batsman & opening bowler), was born in Ghaziabad.
11/30/1989	Congress (I) emerges largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 193 seats, Congress (I) rule in Karnataka and Veerendra Patil made the Chief Minister.
4/30/1936	Mahatma Gandhi started staying in Sevagram Ashram at Wardha in the Central Provinces, making it his headquarters.
6/9/1999	The Indian army occupies two key positions in the Batalik sector.
11/18/1972	Tiger was adopted as India's 'National Animal'
4/12/1992	The 350-tonne Buddha statue salvaged from the Hussain Sagar where it had sunk in 1990.
3/26/1942	Indira Gandhi, third Prime Minister of India, was married to Feroze Gandhi.

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