November 7, 1966 : When Sandhus demanded “ Stop cow slaughter ”, Indira Gandhi govt responded with gunfire

Sixty years on, many questions remain unanswered. Serious doubts were raised over the historic demonstration in front of Parliament, the police firing and the number of dead. Balraj Madhok, then president of the Jana Sangh, accused a section of the Congress leadership of a planned conspiracy, and several historic documents emerged amid the demand for a judicial inquiry. New Delhi: Some dates in the history of Indian democracy grow more significant, rather than fainter, with the passage of time.

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