Assassination of Indira Gandhi

 Indira Gandhi was the former Prime Minister of India. On October 31st, 1984, after Operation Blue Star, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her two Sikh bodyguards, Beant Singh (Janurary 6th, 1959 - October 31st, 1984) and Satwant Singh (1962 - January 6th, 1989) as revenge for Operation Blue Star. This attack was the turning point in the genocide and the events that followed represent India’s darkest periods.