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How did indra gandhi die |
| Answer» At about 9:20 a.m. on 31 October 1984, Indira Gandhi was on her way to be interviewed by British actor\xa0Peter Ustinov, who was filming a documentary for Irish television. She was walking through the garden of the Prime Minister\'s Residence at No. 1, Safdarjung Road in\xa0New Delhi\xa0towards the neighboring 1 Akbar Road office.As she passed a wicket gate guarded by Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, the two opened fire.\xa0Sub-inspector\xa0Beant Singh fired three rounds into her abdomen from his .38 revolver.\xa0Satwant Singh then fired 30 rounds from his\xa0Sterling submachine gun\xa0into her after she had fallen to the ground.\xa0After the shooting, both threw their weapons down and Beant Singh said "I have done what I had to do. You do what you want to do." In the next six minutes Tarsem Singh Jamwal and Ram Saran, soldiers in the\xa0Indo-Tibetan Border Police, captured and killed Beant Singh in a separate room. Satwant Singh was arrested by Gandhi\'s other bodyguards along with an accomplice trying to escape, and was seriously wounded in the attack initiated by Beant Singh.\xa0Satwant Singh was hanged in 1989 with accomplice\xa0Kehar Sing | |