When was Indira Gandhi assassinated?

31 October 1984

Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October 1984 outside her residence by her bodyguards.

Still more tragic turn of events complicated the Punjab problem further. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October 1984 outside her residence by her bodyguards. Both the assassins were Sikhs and wanted to take revenge for Operation Bluestar. While the entire country was shocked by this development, in Delhi and in many parts of northern India violence broke out against the Sikh community.