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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 .
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 ...
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 Sikh militant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and other Sikh separatists from the Golden Temple of Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar , Punjab ...
Dec 15, 1984 · Satwant Singh, the constable who pumped 23 bullets into the frail body of Mrs Gandhi, probably wishes he were dead. He himself has been so badly injured that he cannot wear clothes. He took six bullets: three went through his left shoulder; two paralysed his right forearm and the sixth lodged itself in the spine after piercing through his kidney.
Oct 31, 2023 · Two of the Prime Minister’s bodyguards, Beant Singh and Satwant Singh, fired over 30 bullets at her from point blank range, purportedly to avenge the humiliation of Sikhs and the desecration of the Golden Temple during Operation Blue Star in June of that year.
Feb 28, 2024 · 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.
Jan 6, 1989 · The two condemned men, Satwant Singh, 25 years old, and Kehar Singh, 54, both members of the Sikh reliegion, this week exhausted all remaining legal avenues and appeals for clemency.
Satwant Singh, the second assailant, joined duty only three days ago after a two-month leave in Punjab. Satwant Singh’s sten-gun, which carried 30 rounds, was fully emptied, the officers said.
Nov 2, 2014 · Waryam has portraits of Satwant and militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale at his motorcycle dealership. In another corner is a photo of his brother Sarwan and Sukhbir Badal (Punjab deputy CM). “Sarwan was a senior Youth Akali Dal activist when the photo was taken years ago,” recalls Waryam.
Aug 31, 1988 · Balbir had been sentenced to hang along with Satwant Singh, the surviving assassin, and Kehar Singh, who was also convicted for conspiring with Beant. The Supreme Court upheld Kehar's conviction on the basis of Beant's wife's testimony that the two disappeared together in Amritsar a few days before the crime and used to whisper about something ...
