Margaret Thatcher Letter To Indira Gandhi
British prime minister margaret thatcher with her indian counterpart indira gandhi in new delhi on april 15 1981.
Margaret thatcher letter to indira gandhi. In what appears to be the first letter to gandhi after the raid sent on 30 june 1984 thatcher wrote. Former prime minister indira gandhi wrote a personal letter to her british counterpart margaret thatcher soon after the 1984 operation bluestar in an attempt to justify her decision to send. Margaret thatcher in a personal note to indira gandhi extended britains full support in the aftermath of the 1984 operation bluestar to flush out sikh militants holed up in the golden temple a media report has said.
I will miss mrs indira gandhi very much indeed said a teary eyed british prime. Twenty days later gandhi was shot to death by her own sikh bodyguards in new delhi. Margaret thatcher former prime minister of the united kingdom and leader of the ruling conservative party responding to the questions from the press at her.
These have been anxious weeks for you involving difficult decisions. Margaret thatchers letter to indira gandhi over operation bluestar website. She died in the arms of.
On a visit to india mrs thatcher had once said we. Thatcher the then british prime minister sent the note to her indian counterpart gandhi saying britain supported indias unity in the face of demands for a separate sikh homeland and that police were investigating threats against the safety of indian diplomats here. Former british prime minister margaret thatcher who died in london today at the age of 87 was an admirer of ex prime minister indira gandhi.
Thatcher who described the former indian prime minister as a member of my own family flew down to new delhi to attend her funeral on november 3 that year against the backdrop of at least two documented threats to her life.