Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

Title

Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

Genre

News report; Press conference; News bulletin

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:28

Description

The 9 o’clock news with Patrick Muirhead, focusing on the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister, Rajiv Gandhi. With a report by Ashish Ray and comment from US President George H.W. Bush; UK Prime Minister, John Major; Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock; President of the Indian Workers’ Association (in the UK), Piara Khabra.

Contributors

Neil Kinnock; John Major; George H. W. Bush; Piara Khabra; Patrick Muirhead; Ashish Ray

Keywords

Deaths; India; Homicide; Prime ministers; Indian Workers’ Association; Security; Bombs; Political leaders; Explosions; Security breaches; Rajiv Gandhi; Tamil Nadu; Madras

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