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Events on Saturday 3 November 1984 1
1984Anti-Sikh riots in DelhiCommunal violence follows Indira Gandhi's assassinationMobs killed thousands of Sikhs across India, concentrated in Delhi, in the days following Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's assassination by her Sikh bodyguards. Estimates of the death toll range from about 3,000 to over 8,000. Indian courts later convicted several Congress party figures of orchestrating the violence.