CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -India observes Anti-Terrorism Day on May 21. It was on this day in 1991 that the seventh Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by LTTE terrorists while campaigning for the Congress party at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu. The day is marked to spread the message of peace and harmony.

Detailed explanation-2: -The death anniversary of former Prime Minister of India, late Rajiv Gandhi is observed as Anti-Terrorism Day throughout India on May 21st.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anti-Terrorism Day 2022: History Later, the central government under VP Singh decided to observe 21 May as Anti-Terrorism Day nationwide. On this day, people in all the government offices and public sector take the ‘Anti-Terrorism Pledge’.

Detailed explanation-4: -We pledge to uphold and promote peace, social harmony, and understanding among all fellow human beings and fight the forces of disruption threatening human lives and values.”

Detailed explanation-5: -The official announcement of National Anti Terrorism Day was made after the assassination of India’s seventh Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on May 21, 1991. He was killed in Tamil Nadu in a campaign by a terrorist. Then, under V.P. Singh’s government, the center decided to observe May 21 as Anti-Terrorism Day.