New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid tribute to former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his death anniversary.

Prime Minister of India between 1984 and 1989, Gandhi was assassinated by LTT cadres in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, during an election campaign in 1991.

"On his death anniversary, my tribute to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi ji," Modi said in a post on Twitter.