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Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her own bodyguards

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October 2025

The Indian prime minister's violent end follows a deadly assault on a Sikh shrine

Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her own bodyguards

Just after 9am on a pleasant morning in New Delhi, Indira Gandhi, India’s first female prime minister, stepped from her residence into the quiet walled garden between her home and her office. She was en route to an interview with British actor Peter Ustinov, waiting a short distance away. Then, abruptly, the peace was shattered.

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