A safiyar ranar 31 ga Oktoban 1984 ne aka kashe firaministan Indiya Indira Gandhi a wani lamari mai ban mamaki wanda ya baiwa al'ummar kasar da ma duniya mamaki.Da misalin karfe 9:20 na safe agogon Indiya, Gandhi na kan hanyarta ta yi hira da wani jarumin dan wasan Burtaniya Peter Ustinov, wanda ke daukar wani fim din talabijin na Irish.Tana cikin tafiya ta cikin lambun gidanta da ke New Delhi, ba tare da rakiyar jami'an tsaronta da ta saba ba, ba kuma tare da rigar rigar harsashi ba, wanda aka shawarce ta da ta rika sanyawa a kullum bayan Operation Blue Star.Yayin da ta wuce wata kofa, biyu daga cikin masu tsaronta, Constable Satwant Singh da Sub-Inspector Beant Singh, suka bude wuta.Beant Singh ya harba harsashi uku daga cikin revolver zuwa cikin Gandhi, kuma bayan ta fadi, Satwant Singh ya harbe ta da harbi 30 daga bindigar na'urarsa.Daga nan ne maharan suka mika makamansu, inda Beant Singh ya bayyana cewa ya yi abin da ya kamata ya yi.A cikin hargitsin da ya biyo baya, wasu jami'an tsaro sun kashe Beant Singh, yayin da Satwant Singh ya samu munanan raunuka kuma daga baya aka kama shi.Salma Sultan ce ta watsa labarin kisan Gandhi a kan labaran maraice na Doordarshan, fiye da sa'o'i goma bayan taron.Rikici ya dabaibaye lamarin, yayin da ake zargin sakataren Gandhi, RK Dhawan, ya yi fatali da jami'an leken asiri da na tsaro wadanda suka ba da shawarar a cire wasu 'yan sanda a matsayin barazana ta tsaro, ciki har da wadanda suka yi kisan gilla.Kisan dai ya samo asali ne bayan wani farmakin da Operation Blue Star ya kai, wani farmakin soja da Gandhi ya bayar a kan mayakan Sikh a cikin Temple na Golden, wanda ya fusata al'ummar Sikh matuka.Beant Singh, daya daga cikin wadanda suka yi kisan gilla, 'yar Sikh ce da aka cire daga jami'an tsaron Gandhi bayan aikin amma an maido da ita bisa nacewa.An garzaya da Gandhi zuwa Cibiyar Kimiyyar Kiwon Lafiya ta All India da ke New Delhi, inda aka yi mata tiyata amma aka ce ta mutu da karfe 2:20 na rana Wani bincike da aka yi bayan mutuwarsa ya nuna cewa harsashi 30 ne suka same ta.Bayan kashe ta, gwamnatin Indiya ta ayyana zaman makoki na kasa.Kasashe daban-daban, ciki har da Pakistan da Bulgaria , suma sun ayyana ranakun makoki don girmama Gandhi.Kisan nata ya kasance wani muhimmin lokaci a tarihin Indiya, wanda ya haifar da gagarumin tashin hankali na siyasa da na al'umma a kasar.