In the interview, Sonia Gandhi said the family was living in fear after the assassination of Rajiv's mother and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. As Sonia Gandhi’s world came crashing down on May 21, 1991, when Rajiv Gandhi was killed in an explosion, the eerie premonition made by her son. Sonia Gandhi's upcoming memoir recounts her reaction to Rajiv Gandhi's decision to become Prime Minister after Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984.