
The postmortem examination was conducted by a team of doctors headed by Tirath Das Dogra, who stated that 30 bullets had struck Gandhi from a Sterling sub-machine gun and a revolver. Gandhi was taken to the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences in New Delhi at 9:30 a.m., where doctors operated on her.

Gandhi's blood-stained saree and her belongings at the time of her assassination, preserved at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum in New Delhi. Satwant Singh was 22 years old when he assassinated her and had been assigned to Gandhi's guard just five months before the assassination. īeant Singh was one of Gandhi's favorite guards whom she had known for ten years. Dhawan overruled intelligence and security officials who had ordered the removal of Sikh policemen as a security threat, including her assassins. Salma Sultan gave the first news of the assassination of Indira Gandhi on Doordarshan's evening news on 31 October 1984, more than ten hours after she was shot. Satwant Singh was hanged in 1989 with accomplice Kehar Singh. Satwant Singh was arrested by Gandhi's other bodyguards along with an accomplice trying to escape he was seriously wounded.

You do what you want to do.' In the next six minutes, Border Police officers Tarsem Singh Jamwal and Ram Saran captured and killed Beant Singh. Both men then threw down their weapons and Beant Singh said, 'I have done what I had to do. 38 revolver, then Satwant Singh fired 30 rounds from his Sten submachine gun after she had fallen to the ground. Beant Singh fired three rounds into her abdomen from his. She passed a wicket gate guarded by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, and the two men opened fire. 1 Safdarjung Road in New Delhi towards the neighboring 1 Akbar Road office. She was walking through the garden of the Prime Minister's Residence at No. Indian Standard Time on 31 October 1984, Gandhi was on her way to be interviewed by British actor Peter Ustinov who was filming a documentary for Irish television. The spot where Indira Gandhi was shot down is marked by a glass opening in the crystal pathway at the Indira Gandhi Memorial.Īt about 9:20 a.m.

She ordered the Special Protection Group to reinstate her Sikh bodyguards, including Beant Singh who was reported to be her personal favorite. However, Gandhi was of the opinion that this would reinforce her anti-Sikh image among the public and strengthen her political opponents. Accordingly, Sikhs were removed from her personal bodyguard by the Intelligence Bureau due to the fear of assassination. The perception of threat to Gandhi's life increased after the operation. This occurred within four months of the conclusion of the operation. Such claims and other rumours led to an atmosphere of mistrust towards the government and ended in a conspiracy to assassinate Gandhi. Sikh sensibilities were also offended at the alleged entry of army personnel with boots into the temple complex and the alleged destruction of Sikh scriptures and manuscripts in the temple library that caught fire due to explosives used during the operation. Indira Gandhi was unpopular among Sikhs due to her role in the operation, which had destroyed and damaged portions of the Akal Takht and caused massive casualties among Sikh pilgrims. Operation Blue Star had a wide impact on politics in India as many Sikh youths joined the Khalistan movement. She was killed by her bodyguards Satwant Singh and Beant Singh in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, the Indian Army's June 1984 assault on the Golden Temple in Amritsar which left the Sikh temple heavily damaged. on 31 October 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi.
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:29 a.m. Memorial at the place of assassination, Safdarjung Road, New Delhi
