India remembers Indira on 25th death anniversary
October 31st, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Indians Saturday flocked to Shakti Sthal to pay homage to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 25th death anniversary Saturday. Known as ‘Iron Lady’, she ruled the country for 15 years in two stints before being assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, the slain leader’s daughter-in-law, were amongst the first to pay tribute at her memorial on the banks of the Yamuna river.
An all-religion prayer was also organised on the occasion.
The assassination on Oct 31, 1984 triggered massive anti-Sikh riots in which 3,000 people were killed in three days in the national capital.
Her death came as a violent response to the Indian Army storming the Golden Temple in Amritsar in June 1984 to confront heavily armed Sikh extremists,
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