Since India's independence, the Nehru Gandhi family is the most famous family in India's history, but it is also a very sad family. The main reason why this family is sad is that two mothers and sons have been killed: one is Ingillah Gandhi, the daughter of Nehru, who was assassinated by the guards around her when she became prime minister for the second time. The second was his son Rajiv Gandhi.
It is rare in the history of the world that both mother and son serve as political leaders, and it is even rarer that both mother and son are killed at the same time. In particular, after the assassination of Rajiv, the Gandhi family was changed. Why?
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Rajiv Gandhi was Nehru's grandson and Injira's eldest son. Attracted by his mother's ruling power from an early age, especially after the assassination of his mother, as the Nehru Gandhi family developed, Rajiv became the leader of the Congress party. After Rajiv was elected Prime Minister, India's neighbors were in danger of splitting from the LTTE.
Faced with the chaos in Sri Lanka, as well as the Tamils in India. Rajiv actually thought it was profitable to support the Tamil Tigers, so he trained military talents for the LTTE.
Since September 1983, Indian intelligence has helped the Tamil Tigers train 1,300 militants. India also sent transport planes into Sri Lankan airspace to airdrop ammunition, food, medicine and other materials to the LTTE, and Sri Lanka was both annoyed and helpless in the face of India's support, after all, India is a big country.
With the support of India, the Tamil Tigers grew in strength, and at this time, the Tamils in India were also eager to move, and even wanted to unite with the Tamils in Sri Lanka to establish a Tamil autonomous state, which made India regret supporting the Tamils.
Some scholars believe that India "lifted a stone and dropped it on its own feet" and supported the Tamil armed forces, but did not think that India had split movements.
Rajiv then changed tactics, wanting to act as a "mediator" in Sri Lanka's civil war, getting the LTTE to lay down its arms and negotiate with the Sri Lankan government. The LTTE did not want to listen to Rajiv's mediation at all, and still believed that India said one thing and did one thing.
Sure enough, India's "true face" was revealed, and in 1987, India sent troops to Sri Lanka in the name of "peacekeeping". Rajiv's strategy is clear: to maintain a presence in Sri Lanka and increase his voice in South Asia.
The LTTE was disgusted with the Indian garrison and launched the first attack on the Indian army. Annoyed, Rajiv again increased his troops to Sri Lanka, which by this time had more than 100,000 Indian troops.
Although the Indian army has a large number of troops, the Indian army cannot solve the actual problem. The Indian army's repeated defeats against the LTTE led to Rajiv's defeat in parliamentary elections and eventually his downfall. India's peacekeeping in Sri Lanka not only did not get cheap, but also lost $10.3 billion.
Singh, who succeeded Rajiv as India's prime minister, immediately withdrew Indian troops into the country. According to the data, the Indian army suffered heavy casualties, with about 3900 Indian casualties.
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Rajiv's treatment of the LTTE has always been hated by the LTTE. Therefore, the LTTE has been trying to use the opportunity to assassinate Rajiv, but has not succeeded. Rajiv is said to have served in the Air Force and was very flexible. At one military parade, Rajiv also escaped the assassination.
Later, rajiv stepped down, and his influence was very small, so the LTTE also relaxed with Rajiv. But in 1991, the LTTE heard that Rajiv was hopeful of being elected again and decided to deploy the assassination of Rajiv again.
The Tamil Tigers sent a female daredevil nicknamed "Black Tiger" to borrow Rajiv. During Gandhi's speech, he assassinated the Congress leader with a suicide bomb. The Tamil woman, named Tanu, disguised herself as a fan of Rajiv, and while kissing the back of Rajiv's hand, detonated a bomb bound to her body, rajiv was killed at the time.
In addition to the woman killed by suicide bombing, three Tamils were said to have participated in the assassination, and later the three male prisoners asked the President of India for forgiveness, but did not agree, and 3 were sentenced to hanging.
The reason why Tamil wanted to assassinate Rajiv was mainly rajiv's own policy in Sri Lanka, he sent the Indian army to maintain peace, but did not want to fight with the LTTE, after which the Indian army killed a lot of Tamils, which caused the Tamils to hate. The late Tamil Tigers leader, Lupilai Prabakaran, praised the assassin's father as "a great man who contributed to the cause of Tamil" while he was alive.
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After Rajiv's assassination, Indian politics changed again. But the Tamils' purpose was achieved, and the Tamils believed that Rajiv would be ruthless against the Tamils if he was re-elected. Therefore, some of the policies implemented by Rajiv Gandhi at that time cannot be left aside and the assassination of Rajiv cannot be viewed in a one-sided manner.
Historically, all ethnic groups in India have been basically moderate people, unlike people in some regions who are prone to extreme actions. But the assassination of Rajiv shows that Rajiv's erroneous policies have exacerbated inter-ethnic contradictions. The Tamils of India, in particular, also hated Rajiv. If you simply look at the cruelty of this Tamil woman, it is better to look at the innocent Tamil killed by the Indian army.
Although India is not a strict family-ruled country, the nehru gandhi family has an unparalleled status in India, so the leaders of the Congress party are mostly the Nehru family. After the assassination, no one from the Nehru Gandhi family became the prime minister of India, and even rajiv's wife Sonia gave up becoming india's prime minister after her election, and Rajiv's son did not develop into prime minister.
Some experts believe that the assassination of Rajiv and his mother Ingillah hit the family too hard, and no one can guarantee that this hatred can continue, and if the hatred continues, perhaps the people of the Nehru Gandhi family will also be assassinated.
Faced with the tragic assassination scene of Rajiv, the Nehru family was afraid? Some scholars believe that it is not because of fear, but mainly because of the long-term development of this family, if they are afraid, they will not become the head of the Congress Party. In the long run, it is necessary to eliminate contradictions and how to calm down contradictions and hatred, which again involves national issues. Therefore, ethnic and religious issues in India have always been a destabilizing factor in India.
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