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* 31 October - Assassination of Indira
Gandhi: Prime Minister of India Indira
Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh
security guards in New Delhi.
Anti-Sikh riots break out, leaving
10,000 to 20,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi
and surrounding areas with majority
populations of Hindus. Rajiv Gandhi
becomes Prime Minister of India.
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