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Wednesday, May 9, 2018

World Leaders Who Were Assassinated

1)Mahatma Gandhi(Oct 02,1869 - Jan 30,1948)leader of India's Non-Violent Independence Movement Against the British Ruls was shot thrice on chest by Nathuram Godse on Jan 30,1948

2)Indira Gandhi(Nov 19,1917 - Oct 31,1984)the third Prime Minister of India who held office for 3 terms 19966-77 and a 4th term 1980-84 was assassinated on Oct 31,1984 by two of her bodyguards - Satwant Singh and Beant Singh at her residence in New Delhi
Indira Gandhi was assassinated  a few months after she ordered for 'Operation Blue Star' at Golden Temple in Amritsar where Khalistani Leader Jarnail Singh Bindrawale and his armed followers took refuge

3)Abraham Lincoln (Feb 12,1909 - April 15,1865)the 16th US President was shot by John Booth while the president was watching a play at the Ford's Theatre in Washington D C

4)John F Kennedy(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)the 35th US President was assassinated while travelling through Dallas Texas in an open top convertible on Nov 22,1963
Lee Harward Oswald allegedly fired 3 shots from the 6th floor fatally wounding John F Kennedy

5)Rajiv Gandhi(Aug 20,1944 - May 21,1991),the 6th PM of India was assassinated while campaigning for the Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha Congress candidate by a female suicide bomber from the LTTE who blew herself after touching his feet in Sriperumbudur,near Chennai on May 21,1991



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