Chavan was on his way back from Moscow. The funeral takes place on Saturday. State mourning will be observed throughout the country for 12 days upto Nov. During the period of mourning, the national flag will be flown at half-mast throughout the country, and there will be no official entertainments. A black-bordered extraordinary gazette notification was issued this evening announcing the sad demise of the Prime Minister.
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, who would have been 67 on Nov. She was getting ready for a session with an Irish Television team led by the renowned British actor, Peter Ustinov. Mr Ustinov, who had accompanied Mrs Gandhi on her tour of Orisa from where she returned last night, told a news agency that the TV camera could take shots of the Prime Minister when she lay in a pool of blood. Around 9 a. Near the gate that led to the Akbar Road bungalow, the two assailants shot at her.
There were no family members with the Prime Minister. As she slumped on the lawns, other security guards fired at the assailants.
Sharada Prasad, Information Adviser to the Prime Minister, who was waiting with the television team, told newsmen he heard the shots and ran towards the direction from where the sound came. The Akbar Road bungalow presented a direct view, and as he reached the spot he found the Prime Minister being attended to by the security staff.
Mrs Sonia Gandhi with some relatives rushed out of her house amidst a loud shriek. Dhawan, and Mr D. A team of doctors headed by Prof Venugopal attended on her. The entire hospital complex was cordoned off and security tightened. A security ring was also placed around the 1, Safdarjang Road bungalow. Many others who rushed to Delhi on hearing about the assassination attempt on Mrs Gandhi were, however, prevented from entering the AIIMS by the security staff.
The late Congress politician was assassinated by two of her own bodyguards on October 31, , after she ordered military action in the Golden Temple in Operation Blue Star. Her tragic demise led to many anti-Sikh riots in several parts of the country. The first and, to date, the only female prime minister of India, Gandhi served as the PM from January to March and again from January until her death in Indira, popularly referred to as the "Iron lady of India", was one of the most influential and powerful leaders of India.
A world figure, she revolutionized the global political arena and became the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of the country after her father, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
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