What happened after Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Sikh bodyguards assassinated her in 1984?

a. The new prime minister calmed the situation.
b. Sikhs got a new plan to give them independence in the Punjab.
c. The guards were killed, and that was the end of it.
d. Violence broke out against Sikhs throughout India.


d. Violence broke out against Sikhs throughout India.


Analysis:
a, b & c. Incorrect. Calm or independence did not come to the situation. .
d. Correct. Thousands of Sikhs, perhaps as many as ten thousand, were killed in rioting and attacks aimed at them throughout India.

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