Room 613 Student Blogs - 2005/2006

On October 31st, 1984 a terrible thing happened,India’s prime minister, Indira Ganhi was shot. She died at the age of 67. After she had been shot, she was rushed to the All India Medical Hospital to try and remove the bullets, but an hour and a half later, she was pronounced dead. The two people who fired the bullets were guards that worked at her home. The two people who shot her were believed to be Sikh extremists. Five years later Satwant and Kehar Singh were hung for the killing of Indira Gandhi. When she was shot she was believed to be walking in her garden, in the morning. Although it was a great loss for India, it was an even greater loss for her family. She was married to Feroze Gandhi and had two boys, Rajiv and Sanjay Gandhi. You may say, “who cares, it’s someone who died,” you are wrong. She was an amazing woman, why, at the age of thirteen, she organized a “Monkey army” that was made up of teenagers. This was one thing that proved her intentions were to fight for her countries independence. In 1971, Indira Gandhi was honored with `Baret Ratna`. She acheived many things such as upliftment of the poor, nationalization of banks, and many more.

By researching this topic, it gave me a better understanding on where, when, and by who Mrs. Gandhi was shot by. I also learned a little bit about her family and a liitle about what she did.

I found this information at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/31/news-2464000/2464423.stm

picture and additional info from http://www.webindia123.com/personal/politician/indira1.jpg