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CM Gehlot pays floral tribute to former PM Indira Gandhi on her 39th death anniversary
Oct 31, 2023
New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot paid floral tribute to the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi on her 39th death anniversary at Shakti Sthal in the national capital on October 31. Indira Gandhi served as the first and only woman Prime Minister of India from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984. Indira Gandhi, who was hailed as one of the tallest world leaders, was assassinated by her own Sikh bodyguards at her residence located in Akbar Road on October 31, 1984. This came after Operation Bluestar was executed at Amritsar's Golden Temple, wherein Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to confront Sikh separatists who had taken shelter at the holy shrine.