Indira Gandhi Born: India's Iron Lady Arrives
Indira Gandhi was shot by her own bodyguards at 9:20 in the morning, walking to an interview with Peter Ustinov in her garden. Two Sikh guards fired 31 bullets. She died at the hospital. Her son Rajiv was sworn in as Prime Minister within hours. Anti-Sikh riots erupted across India that week. The official death toll was 2,733. Human rights groups put it higher. Her bodyguards had never been disarmed despite warnings.
November 19, 1917
109 years ago
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