Assassinated

Image from Encyclopaedia Britannica On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi was assassinated.      Indira Gandhi was India's first female prime minister. She served three terms from 1966 to 1977, and a fourth from 1980 to her death in 1984. As part of her foreign policy, Indira Gandhi encouraged Tamil separatists in Sri Lanka, but domestically refused to grant full autonomy to Sikhs in the Punjab region. In June 1984, Operation Blue Star commenced, in which the Indian military launched an assault on the Sikh Golden Temple at Amritsar in an attempt to squash the efforts of separatist extremists.      On October 31, 1984, Indira Gandhi was shot several times by Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, two Sikh guards in the prime minister's inner circle. Beant fired the first three shots into Gandhi's abdomen, then Satwant unloaded a machine gun into her chest, heart, and body. Although the prime minister was likely already dead when she arrived at the All India Instit...

Image from Wikipedia . Photograph of Mohandas Gandhi. On January 30, 1948, Mohandas "Mahatma" Karamchand Gandhi was assassinated.          Mohandas Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, politician, and activist largely credited with leading the successful campaign for Indian independence from the British government and advocating for home rule. He is revered for his nonviolent protest approach, using peaceful civil disobedience to campaign for Indian independence. Gandhi began his life of peaceful protest against authorities in South Africa, but returned to India in 1915, where he became a dominating figure in the National Congress movement.      While taking a walk with his nieces on January 30, 1948, Mohandas Gandhi met his end. He was shot thrice by Nathuram Godse, a member of an extremist Hindu nationalist party that wished to make India a pure Hindu state. After shooting Gandhi, Godse attempted to shoot himself, but his pistol was knocked aside by a w...