General News, 3rd prize
Dilip Mehta
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01 January, 1984
Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, son of assassinated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October. Her ashes were scattered from an airplane.
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