Modi remembers Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary
TNN Bureau. Updated: 10/31/2020 11:30:25 AM
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New Delhi, Oct 31: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid tribute to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 36th death anniversary.
“Tributes to our former PM Smt. Indira Gandhi Ji on her death anniversary,” Modi tweeted.
The prime minister had paid tribute to Gandhi in his monthly Mann ki Baat radio broadcast last Sunday as well. “On the 31st of October, we lost former Prime Minister of India, Smt. Indira Gandhi. I most respectfully pay my tributes to her,” he said.
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, the first and the only female Prime Minister of the country, was shot dead by her bodyguards on 31 October 1984.