Current Events > TIL the former prime minister of India was assassinated by her own bodyguards.

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Sunhawk
05/03/20 10:26:34 AM
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Guess she wasn't that popular, then.

This was Indira Ghandi.


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Sunhawk
05/03/20 1:16:10 PM
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I used to think she was Mahatma Gandhi's daughter. Does that make me stupid?

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UnfairRepresent
05/03/20 1:17:43 PM
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Historically that happened quite a lot.

The whole "Castle's secret escape tunnels" trope in media came from the reality that the King/Lord's guards were paid and could easily turn against them. So secret passageways only the ruling family knew about where a real thing

Sunhawk posted...
I used to think she was Mahatma Gandhi's daughter. Does that make me stupid?

Yes
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solosnake
05/03/20 1:18:10 PM
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I never knew about this double assassination until last year:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana_and_Cyprien_Ntaryamira

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TheMikh
05/03/20 1:18:36 PM
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BlueMage279 posted...
Wasnt she an evil dictator?
she was oppressing sikhs if i'm not mistaken

and, well, her bodyguards were sikhs

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UnfairRepresent
05/03/20 1:19:03 PM
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Rumor has it they yelled "I'm so fucking Sikh of this!" when they killed her
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St0rmFury
05/04/20 10:20:42 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Historically that happened quite a lot.

The whole "Castle's secret escape tunnels" trope in media came from the reality that the King/Lord's guards were paid and could easily turn against them. So secret passageways only the ruling family knew about where a real thing
Lemme guess, everyone who worked on the tunnels were silenced without consent too.

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