Multiple choice general knowledge history

He was assassinated in a public meeting in

  1. Sriperumbudur

  2. Salem

  3. Thanjavur

  4. Kumbakonam
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Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, during a public meeting at Sriperumbudur near Chennai (then Madras), Tamil Nadu. This occurred during an election campaign when a suicide bomber detonated herself. The other locations (Salem, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam) are also Tamil Nadu cities but not the assassination site.

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