𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙖𝙟𝙞𝙫 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙞, 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙧 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖, 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙪𝙧, 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙞, 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡 𝙉𝙖𝙙𝙪, 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙤𝙣 21 𝙈𝙖𝙮 1991.[1] 𝘼𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 14 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙖𝙟𝙞𝙫 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙞, 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙.[2] 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙢𝙤𝙯𝙝𝙞 𝙍𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙣𝙖𝙢, 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝘿𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙪,[3] 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙏𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡 𝙀𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙢 (𝙇𝙏𝙏𝙀), 𝙖 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙎𝙧𝙞 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖; 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚, 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙧𝙞 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡 𝙒𝙖𝙧. 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙣𝙦𝙪𝙞𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙙𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙗𝙮 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙆. 𝙏. 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙨, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙏𝙏𝙀 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛 𝙋𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙝𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙆𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙚 (𝙄𝙋𝙆𝙁) 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙧𝙞 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙙 𝙄𝙋𝙆𝙁 𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙎𝙧𝙞 𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙖𝙣 𝙏𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙨.𝙍𝙖𝙟𝙞𝙫 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖. 𝙊𝙣 21 𝙈𝙖𝙮, 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙑𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙣𝙖𝙢, 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙎𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙪𝙧, 𝙏𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡 𝙉𝙖𝙙𝙪. 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙨 (𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙖𝙞), 𝙍𝙖𝙟𝙞𝙫 𝙂𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙝𝙞 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝘼𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙙𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙎𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙪𝙧, 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙩 𝙖 𝙛𝙚𝙬 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙨.[6] 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙘𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙎𝙧𝙞𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙙𝙪𝙧, 𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙘𝙝. 𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣, 𝘿𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙪 (𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙢𝙤𝙯𝙝𝙞 𝙍𝙖𝙟𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙣𝙖𝙢), 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣 𝙍𝘿𝙓 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚-𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙩 𝙩𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙖𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 10:10

Reasons for Rajiv Gandhi's assassination:
- LTTE involvement: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), a militant organization in Sri Lanka, was responsible for orchestrating the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. The LTTE had grievances against Gandhi for his involvement in the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) operations in Sri Lanka during the late 1980s.
- IPKF operations: Rajiv Gandhi had deployed the IPKF to Sri Lanka in 1987, in an attempt to mediate the conflict between the Sri Lankan government and the Tamil separatist groups, including the LTTE. However, the IPKF's operations resulted in widespread human rights abuses and strained relations between India and the LTTE.
- Retaliation: The LTTE saw Rajiv Gandhi as a threat to their cause and sought to eliminate him as retribution for the perceived injustices committed by the IPKF during their time in Sri Lanka. The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi was seen as a strategic move to send a message to the Indian government and deter further interference in Sri Lankan affairs.
- Political motivations: In addition to the LTTE's grievances, there were also political motivations behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. His death was seen as a way to disrupt the political stability in India and send a message to other world leaders about the consequences of meddling in Sri Lankan affairs.

Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka:
- Background: Majoritarianism in Sri Lanka refers to the dominance and privileging of the Sinhalese majority over the Tamil minority in the country's political, social, and economic spheres. This has been a longstanding issue in Sri Lanka, dating back to the country's independence from British colonial rule.
- Roots of conflict: The roots of majoritarianism in Sri Lanka can be traced back to the Sinhala Only Act of 1956, which made Sinhala the sole official language of the country, marginalizing the Tamil-speaking minority. This led to a sense of alienation and discrimination among the Tamil population, fueling tensions and conflict.
- Impact on politics: Majoritarianism has had a significant impact on Sri Lanka's political landscape, with successive governments favoring Sinhalese interests and policies at the expense of the Tamil minority. This has further exacerbated ethnic tensions and hindered efforts to achieve lasting peace and reconciliation in the country.
- International implications: The issue of majoritarianism in Sri Lanka has also had international implications, with neighboring countries like India getting involved in efforts to mediate the conflict and protect the rights of the Tamil minority. The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi was a tragic consequence of these complex dynamics and the ongoing struggle for power and representation in Sri Lanka.