Assassinations have played a major role in world history since ages. Each and every period in world history has several stories telling us how important and influential people were murdered in cold blood, for reasons best known to the assassins or killers themselves (or sometimes, not quite). Assassination is a term used to describe a cold-blooded murder of a person by mounting a surprise attack on him/her. More often than not, such an act is very well-planned and, most of the time, the assassin prefers to await the right moment in order to strike. Several historical documents tell us that assassinations have been carried out for different purposes which range from personal grudges to financial and/or political benefits. However, one of the most important reasons for which such acts took place in the past was to bring about a political upheaval, to usurp the prevailing rule and to establish a new one. Assassination as a Political Weapon The first ever documented evidence of assassination(s) and its justification as a weapon of political dominance comes from 4th century B.C. India, where a man called Chanakya, a teacher and royal political advisor, wrote about the act in his treatise on statecraft and polity, the Arthaśāstra. The treatise documents the usefulness of assassinating the enemies, and also how the king should ensure his safety with respect to various coups against him. Assassinations of public figures are thus, much older than recorded history. Even in modern history, several important people have been assassinated for varied reasons, in different parts of the world. As mentioned above, assassination has always been an important tool of political power-play and world history is littered with evidence which tell us that, most of the time, it has indeed worked, leading to some of the major coup d'états, thus changing the entire course of history. Following is a list of personalities who might not seem famous to some, but had the power to create history, and their assassination had far-reaching impact on that particular country and region. The above given are just a handful of the thousands of assassinations, which have been successfully carried out throughout the world till date. But, while talking about famous assassinations in world history, we cannot forget those personalities whose assassinations still continue to haunt people the world over, and whose able leadership and guidance, the world still needs. In fact, the world would have been much different if they were alive today. Whenever an important public figure gets assassinated, it always has a long-lasting impact on the people of the country and on the world. Assassination, though considered as an important tool of power politics in the pages of history, is definitely an inhuman and savage tactic of trying to change the course of history and/or creating a new one.