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.
After she ordered the Indian Army to attack armed militants in the Sikhs' sacred Golden Temple, she replaced her entire security team so as to live into old age without fear of assassination.