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