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Asthi Kalash yatra of Prime minister late Rajiv Gandhi. Thousands of people gather to bid last farewell to their Prime Minister. Family members including Rajiv Gandhi's wife Sonia Gandhi, son Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka Gandhi with other members depart from Delhi for his last and final rituals. When the train reached Tundla junction millions of people were present there to pay tribute to Rajiv Gandhi. Some of the women were seen crying as the train crosses Firozabad. May 21, 1991, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was the target of an LTTE cadre. It is impossible to gauge how the loss of Rajiv, then just 46, changed Indian political history. Source: www.dailyo.in This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest HD and 4K collectio