World & Nation
Not far from the billion-dollar fertilizer factory and the hi-tech jet simulators at the Indira Gandhi Flying Academy--indeed, just a few miles off the paved roads that Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has lavished on his celebrated electoral district--Rajmohan Gandhi stood in a clearing near the broken-down village well, surrounded by the poorest of India’s poor.
Nov. 20, 1989
As the mother died, so has the son, in a brutal assassination that now has ended one of the democratic world’s longest-serving elected dynasties.
May 22, 1991
The tragic death of Rajiv Gandhi brings back memories of his visit to Los Angeles exactly 30 years ago.
May 30, 1991
He was beaming with delight, his balding and graying head peppered with rose petals and his gait buoyant.
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said the government will release a secret report on his mother’s assassination in order to stop “malicious innuendo” about what it contains.
March 19, 1989
In a heated moment of debate this week, V.
March 31, 1989
There are still lines of the curious and the morbid every morning outside 1 Safdarjang Road, the rambling bungalow where Indira Gandhi was assassinated a year ago Thursday.
Oct. 28, 1985
India: Widow of slain prime minister cites furor over her Italian birth.
May 18, 1999
Documents found in the Sikhs’ Golden Temple of Amritsar revealed a plot to kill Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Home Minister Buta Singh, the Times of India reported.
Aug. 3, 1988
The widows of about 500 Sikhs killed in rioting after the assassination last year of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi marched to the house of her son and successor, Rajiv Gandhi, to demand housing and compensation.
Nov. 3, 1985