It was her order to the Indian Army in 1984 to attack armed militants in the Sikhs' sacred Golden Temple in Amritsar, resulting in 800 dead, that led to her assassination in Delhi five months later by two Sikh members of her security guards.
Two Sikh security guards conspired to assassinate her for five months after she ordered the Indian Army to attack in the Sikhs' sacred Golden Temple, eventually carrying out the deed in Delhi.