#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

Indira Gandhi delivered a speech on Oct 30,1984 at Bhubaneswar in Orissa, a day before her assassination. Many people say her speech indicates she may have had an inkling of her fate | The Times of India

139K views · 2.2K reactions | Seven years after imposing the controversial Emergency in India, Indira Gandhi stressed on the importance of freedom during a visit to America... #TBT | Brut India | Facebook