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1984 anti-Sikh riots

Series of organised pogroms in India after PM Indira Gandhi's assassination


1984 anti-Sikh riots
1984 anti-Sikh riots

The 1984 anti-Sikh riots, also known as the 1984 Sikh massacre, was a series of organised pogroms against Sikhs in India following the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards. Government estimates project that about 2,800 Sikhs were killed in Delhi and 3,350 nationwide, whilst other sources estimate the number of deaths at about 8,000–17,000.

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