New Delhi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to Rajiv Gandhi, his former counterpart, on his death anniversary.

Gandhi was born on August 20, 1944, in Mumbai and was assassinated in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu on May 21, 1991.

"Tributes to former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji on his death anniversary," Modi said in a post on X.

Gandhi served as India's prime minister from October 31, 1984, to December 2, 1989