Death of a politician: Personal recall

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THE ASSASSINATION OF RAJIV GANDHI Neena Gopal Penguin Viking 273 pages; Rs 445 Through the 1980s, assassination - or accidental deaths - of political leaders in the sub-continent was a common affair. At the very beginning of the decade, Sanjay Gandhi, the heir apparent of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, died in a plane crash under mysterious circumstances that still feed speculations. Then, on October 31, 1984, his mother and then Indian prime minister, Indira Gandhi, was shot dead by her bodyguards, who had been turned by Khalistani militants - leading to a genocide against the Sikh ...

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Death of a politician: Personal recall