Indira Gandhi was an iconic figure in Indian politics, known for her strong leadership and determination to bring about social and economic change. She was the first female Prime Minister of India, serving from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was known
Indira Gandhi, the Indian prime minister, was assassinated at 9:30 AM on 31 October 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi by her two bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh. This was after the Indian Armed Forces carried out Operation Blue Star between 1 and 8 June 1984 on Gandhi's orders. The military operation was to remove Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the holiest site of Sikhism. The operation resulted in the death of many pilgrims as well as damage to the Akal Takht and the destruction of the Sikh Reference Library.