List of General Events on May-1991
11- May-1991 |
Naxalities in Andhra abduct P. Sudhir Kumar, son of the former Union Minister Shiv Shankar. |
13- May-1991 |
P. Sudhir Kumar released in exchange for a few Naxals in jail. |
20- May-1991 |
A. S. L. V. was launched. |
24- May-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. |
25- May-1991 |
Indian, UN Angola Verification Mission - I ended (UNAVEM - I June 1989 - May 1991). |