GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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BASIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in
A
1961
B
1971
C
1981
D
1991
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rajiv Gandhi (/ˈrɑːdʒiːv ˈɡɑːndiː/ ( listen); 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the assassination of his mother, then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian Prime minister at the age of 40.

Detailed explanation-2: -In an effort to end India’s religious strife, he resorted to fasts and visits to the troubled areas. He was on one such vigil in New Delhi when Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist who objected to Gandhi’s tolerance for the Muslims, fatally shot him.

Detailed explanation-3: -Salma Sultan gave the first news of the assassination of Gandhi on Doordarshan’s evening news on 31 October 1984, more than ten hours after she was killed. It is alleged by the Indian government that Gandhi’s secretary R. K.

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