बे आरावफोरखौ गिबि बै समनि गाहाइ मन्थ्रि इन्दिरा गान्धीखौ बिथांनि सिख रैखागिरिफोरा बुथारनायानो जागायजेनहोदोंमोन।
The riots were set off by the assassination of Indira Gandhi—the Prime Minister of India at the time—by her Sikh bodyguards.