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This Happened — October 31: Indira Gandhi Assassinated

This Happened — October 31: Indira Gandhi Assassinated

Updated October 31, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards on this day in 1984. Who was Indira Gandhi? Indira Gandhi was an Indian politician and the first woman to serve as the Prime Minister of India. She held the office of Prime Minister from 1966 […]

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On This Day – October 31

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Rejected, Unseen Or Beloved: The Varied Roles of Asia’s First Ladies

Peng Liyuan and her husband Chinese President Xi Jinping, with French President Francois Hollande
Peng Liyuan and her husband Chinese President Xi Jinping, with French President Francois Hollande scmp

SINGAPORE — Jashodaben Modi arrives at the police station sitting on the luggage rack of her brother’s motor bike. A simple woman, she wears a white cotton sari with an orange top underneath, wire frame glasses, and her grey hair in a braid. She wants to lodge a complaint with the police of the Mehsana […]

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