Nation remembers Indira Gandhi on 29th death anniversary

NEW DELHI: The nation today remembered former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 29th death anniversary, with President Pranab Mukherjee and other leaders paying tributes to her.

Mukherjee paid floral tributes at Shakti Sthal, the memorial of Gandhi. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi were also present on the occasion.

Union Ministers Sushilkumar Shinde, Kamal Nath, Oscar Fernandes, M Veerappa Moily and Krishna Tirath were also present.

Devotional songs were played at the venue. A speech made by Gandhi was also played on the occasion.

Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards on October 31, 1984.