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Historical Event on 11/1/1983
Rajiv Gandhi, 48, who was chosen to succeed his assassinated mother, was sworn in as Prime Minister in New Delhi today. Across the Jamuna River, in a Sikh slum, evidence was found of the enormous political problems the new Prime Minister faced. The bodies of at least 95 Sikhs were discovered. The Indian army had also been ordered into nine other cities. Religious warfare between Sikhs and Hindus had claimed at least 1,000 lives since Indira Gandhi was assassinated. The security guards who killed her were both Sikhs. US Secretary of State George Shultz, who attended the funeral, assured the new Prime Minister of US interest in a ""strong and stable India."" US-Indian relations had been strained recently because of United States support for Pakistan. Shultz called for a ""renewed positive trend"" in re
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| 1/25/1957 | Kashmir becomes Indian state. |
| 10/13/1911 | Sister Nivedita, follower of Vivekanand, died. |
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| 6/20/1997 | Second round of Foreign Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan starts in Islamabad. |
| 9/24/1922 | Jugal Mondal, social worker and politician, was born at Howrah. |
| 12/6/1946 | Anglo-Indian talks end in failure after three days at London. |
| 9/29/1993 | JD, JD(A) and SJP merge to fight BJP in the assembly elections. |
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