Anti-Terrorism Day 2020: Date And Significance – Know Why It Is Observed On Rajiv Gandhi’s Death Anniversary

Team Latestly May 21, 2020 03:06 PM IST

Every year, May 21 is observed as Anti-Terrorism Day. It is the death anniversary of former Prime Minister and Indian National Congress leader Rajiv Gandhi. The Congress leader became the youngest Prime Minister of India at the age of 40 after his mother and then prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984. He served as the Premier from 1984 to 1989. Gandhi was campaigning for Congress for national elections when he was assassinated in Tamil Nadu's Sriperumbudur in May 1991.

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