November 01, 2004
20 years since Indira Gandhi's assassination

India in homage to Indira Gandhi (BBC)

Yesterday (Oct 31) was the 20th anniversary of Indira Gandhi's assassination. It was marked by homages and tributes and renewed calls by human rights groups to the government to make a public commitment to prosecute those responsible for the anti-Sikh violence that followed her death.

Additional pages:
1984: Indian prime minister shot dead (BBC's 'On This Day' news archive from 1984)

1984: Assassination and revenge - your memories (BBC's 'Witness' section with first-hand accounts of the people's reactions to the assassination and the riots that followed)

In pictures: Painful memories - two decades after the massacre, BBC News revisits some of the riot victims.

The Guardian's (UK) (archived) account of the post-assassination riots.

Posted by Harshal at November 01, 2004 01:46 PM


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