#Repost | On the morning of 31 October 1984, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, at her 1 Safdarjung Road residence in Delhi. With the most powerful political leader in the country gone, the assassination sparked off an unprecedented political crisis in India – and triggered the worst sectarian violence in India seen since Partition, with the subsequent 1984 Sikh riots killing 3,000 people in Delhi. But what happened in the hours a

India’s Iron Lady Shot Down in Delhi #வரலாற்றில்இன்று #IndiraGandhi #Assassination On the morning of October 31, 1984, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her own bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, outside her residence at Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. The killing was retribution for Operation Blue Star, which targeted Sikh militants in the Golden Temple earlier that year. Her shocking death triggered a wave of anti-Sikh riots across India, leaving thousands dead and changing