#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

9.8K views · 134 reactions | Indira Gandhi’s assassination in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star plunged #India into a wave of unprecedented violence. We rewind to that fateful day and look at what Indira’s shocking and sudden death meant for India. #IndiaAt75 As we count down to #IndiaAt75, here’s our ode to the #India story. Watch our series of Milestones in the #MakingofModernIndia | Peepultreeworld | Facebook

From the Ramparts of Red Fort in 1983: Indira Gandhi’s voice that moved a nation

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