1. http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/rajiv-gandhi.html.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi.
3. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) means “Dravidian Progress Federation”.
4. In a country of numerous languages, this majority was fairly thin at about 30 percent.
5. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/Letter+and+spirit/1/6878.html.