Tamil Nadu Timeline

Rajiv Gandhi

11 events, 1984 to 1999; 1 marked as turning points.

  1. 1984

    1. 24 Dec 1984AndipattiPolitics

      AIADMK wins 1984 election while MGR is in hospital abroad

      Contesting from a hospital in the United States, MGR led the AIADMK-Congress alliance to victory in the 1984 assembly election.

  2. 1986

    1. 17 Nov 1986ChennaiProtest

      DMK agitation against Navodaya schools

      The DMK protested the National Policy on Education's Navodaya schools, seen as a route for Hindi imposition; the schools were not opened in Tamil Nadu.

  3. 1987

    1. 4 Jun 1987JaffnaDiplomacy

      Operation Poomalai: Indian airdrop over Jaffna

      Indian Air Force transport planes dropped relief supplies over the besieged city of Jaffna, halting a Sri Lankan army offensive against the Tamil militants.

    2. 29 Jul 1987ColomboDiplomacy

      Indo-Sri Lanka Accord signed

      An accord between India and Sri Lanka on the Tamil issue led to the dispatch of the Indian Peace Keeping Force to the island.

  4. 1988

    1. 7 Jan 1988 to Jan 1989ChennaiPolitics

      Janaki Ramachandran ministry and President's rule

      V. N. Janaki became Tamil Nadu's first woman Chief Minister, but her ministry was dismissed within weeks and President's rule followed.

    2. 20 Nov 1988KudankulamDiplomacy

      India and the Soviet Union sign the Kudankulam nuclear agreement

      Rajiv Gandhi and Mikhail Gorbachev signed an agreement to build two nuclear reactors at Kudankulam in Tirunelveli district.

  5. 1989

    1. Nov 1989ChennaiPolitics

      Congress-AIADMK alliance wins 38 of 39 Lok Sabha seats

      Months after losing the state election, the reunited AIADMK and its ally the Congress won 38 of Tamil Nadu's 39 Lok Sabha seats.

  6. 1991

    1. 21 May 1991SriperumbudurConflict

      Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi at Sriperumbudur

      Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was killed by an LTTE suicide bomber at an election rally in Sriperumbudur.

    2. Jun 1991ChennaiPolitics

      Congress-AIADMK alliance sweeps all 39 Lok Sabha seats

      In the election during which Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated at Sriperumbudur, the Congress-AIADMK alliance won all 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu.

  7. 1998

    1. 28 Jan 1998PoonamalleeLaw Justice

      TADA court sentences 26 to death in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

      A designated TADA court at Poonamallee sentenced all 26 accused on trial to death for the conspiracy to assassinate Rajiv Gandhi.

  8. 1999

    1. 11 May 1999New DelhiLaw Justice

      Supreme Court verdict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case

      The Supreme Court upheld the convictions of seven accused in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and acquitted the other 19 sentenced by a TADA court.