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Satwant Singh (1962 – 6 January 1989) was one of the bodyguards, along with Beant Singh, who assassinated the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, at her New Delhi residence on 31 October 1984. His attacks were in retaliation of Indira Gandhi's Operation Blue Star. Assassination.
Feb 28, 2024 · Satwant Singh. Sardar Satwant Singh, was born in 1962 to his father Sardar Tarlok Singh and Sardarni Pyar Kaur,into a Jatt Sikh Family,in the village of Agwan Kurd, district Gurdaspur. He and Sardar Beant Singh were bodyguards to the Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, who on October 31, 1984 they assassinated in the garden of her residence.
Oct 31, 2023 · Constable Satwant Singh, a new recruit, was standing a few paces away. “She smiled and folded her hands in greeting, as she saw him lift his hand as if to salute her… but the hand held a revolver and he shot her in the abdomen from a distance of three feet,” Jayakar wrote. He would fire four more shots at point-blank range, before Satwant Singh emptied his 30-round Sten gun clip at Indira.
Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated at 9:30 a.m. on 31 October 1984 at her residence in Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. She was killed by her Sikh bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star by Indian Army between 1 and 8 June 1984 on the orders of Gandhi. The military operation was to remove ...
Jan 31, 1989 · Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh, convicted for the assassination of prime minister Indira Gandhi, were hanged in Delhi's Tihar Central Jail. It was the culmination of the most sensational murder case ever in India, wending its way through various courts over four years, throwing up constitutional issues and attracting unprecedented publicity and controversy. In contrast, Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte were hanged within 22 months of killing Mahatma Gandhi. ...
Oct 31, 2018 · Retracing the chilling events of the day Indira Gandhi's trusted guard Beant Singh along with Satwant Singh assassinated her 34 years ago. She strode out purposefully that morning. It was 31 October 1984. The next day, 1 November, newspaper headlines would read ‘Indira Gandhi Shot Dead, Sikh Security Men Pump Bullets in Chest, Abdomen’.
Balbir Singh and Satwant Singh had on and before October 31. 1984, entered at New Delhi into a criminal conspiracy to commit the murder of Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, and ...
Dec 31, 1988 · Assassin Satwant Singh had not filed a petition for pardon but had moved the Delhi High Court to record evidence against the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) commandos who had killed his fellow-assassin, Beant Singh, and nearly killed Satwant himself within half-an-hour of the assassination on October 31, 1984. advertisement.
Aug 31, 1988 · Satwant Singh. This wasn't just another murder trial. History was created at every step of the tortuous legal drama unfolded before a spellbound nation over the past 44 months. While the Indira Gandhi assassination case was a life and death matter for the three accused, its political, international and legal ramifications were awesome. This was no crime of personal enmity but the pie-meditated assassination of a world leader for political reasons.
Satwant Singh always had the late shift, and Beant Singh always had the early shift. They had to work out a way to both be on duty together. On 31st October, Satwant Singh faked a stomach bug, and swapped duties with another guard. Now they had to decide how to do the task. They decided the best time was when Indira Gandhi was doing her walkabout.
