LIST OF ASSASSINATED INDIAN LEADERS

• Brhadrata (185 BC), last ruler of the Mauryan dynasty

• Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1602), vizier of the Mughal emperor Akbar

• Mohandas K Gandhi (1948 January 30), Independence leader and key proponent of non-violence

• Indira Gandhi (1984 October 31), Indian prime minister

• General Arun Shridhar Vaidya (1986 August 10) Chief of Army Staff, Indian Army from 1983 to 1986.

• Rajiv Gandhi (1991 May 21), Indian prime minister, killed by LTTE suicide bomber in Sriperumbudur near Madras

• Beant Singh(Chief Minister) (1995), chief minister of Punjab

• Phoolan Devi (2001 July 25), bandit queen turned politician

• Abdul Ghani Lone (2002), moderate Kashmiri Muslim separatist leader