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Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
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Satwant Singh
Sikh bodyguard and assassin of Indira Gandhi (1962–1989)
Satwant Singh was one of the bodyguards, along with Beant Singh, who assassinated the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, at her New Delhi residence on 31 October 1984. His attacks were in retaliation of Indira Gandhi's Operation Blue Star.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kehar Singh
Indian Sikh conspirer in the assassination of Indira Gandhi
Kehar Singh was an Assistant in the erstwhile Directorate General of Supply and Disposal, New Delhi, and was tried and executed for conspiracy in the plot of the Indira Gandhi assassination, carried out by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh. He was hanged in Tihar Jail on 6 January…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination of Indira Gandhi
1984 assassination in New Delhi, India
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:30 AM on 31 October 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. She was killed by her bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star by the Indian Army between 1 and 8 June…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Indira Gandhi
Prime Minister of India (1966–1977, 1980–1984)
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Day of the year
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