India's Youngest PM— Moments From The Life Of Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated on May 21, 1991, during an election rally in Sriperumbudur near Chennai, by an LTTE suicide bomber.

Rajiv Gandhi consoling his son Rahul Gandhi after the demise of Indira Gandhi.

Rajiv Gandhi became the PM of India at the age of 40. He was the sixth and youngest PM of India.(Image Source: Getty)

He was the grandson of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, famously known as Pandit Nehru. (Image Source: Getty)

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi seen with her son Rajiv Gandhi at an event. (Image Source: Getty)

He contested the by-election from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, his brother's seat, and ended up winning it. (Image Source: Getty)

Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as the Prime Minister after the assassination of his mother Indira Gandhi, former PM of India. (Image Source: Getty)

Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi carrying India's late Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's ashes in a funeral procession from New Delhi to Allahabad, Nehru's birthplace. (Image Source: Getty)

In the elections, he secured a record victory, wresting 401 seats out of 508, leading him to become the PM of India. (Image Source: Getty)

Rajiv Gandhi's tenure lasted from October 1984 to December 1989. (Image Source: Getty)

In 1991, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber near Chennai, where he had gone for an election rally for the Lok Sabha elections back then. (Image Source: Getty)