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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.

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8/27/1994Indian soldiers and Muslim militants clash in Kashmir.
3/27/1993Hari Singh from Haryana hijacks an IA plane, but surrender after 8 hours.
3/24/1944Manmohan Singh, famous economist and Finance Minister of India, was born.
8/1/1672The East India Company and the English law was for the first time intorduced in India. It was set up as directed by the Court of Judicature.
1/7/1993The union govt. acquires 67.703 acres of land in and around the disputed area at Ayodhya and refers the issue to the Supreme Court.
10/3/1996Second phase of UP polling.
9/7/2000The Election Commission de-recognises the Lok Shakti, headed by former Union Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, as a state party on the basis of its performance in the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in 1999.
3/6/1995Arun Tamhankar, great journalist, died.
4/3/1991UP Assembly dissolved to pave way for Assembly polls .