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Dilip Mehta
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01 January, 1984
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi during the funeral ceremony for his mother, assassinated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October. Her ashes were scattered from an airplane.
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