Assassination of Indira Gandhi
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title:
Assassination of Indira Gandhi
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Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:30 a.m. on 31 October 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. She was killed by her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star by the Indian Army between 1 and 8 June 1984 on the orders of Gandhi. The military operation was to remove Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple of Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar, Punjab, the holiest site of
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1984 assassination in New Delhi, India
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Indira_Gandhi
date created:
2008-03-12T08:09:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T18:33:13Z
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