From the assassination of Akali leader Sant Harchand Singh Longowal on Rajiv Gandhi’s birthday to the bombing of Air India Flight 182 that killed all 329 people on board, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi has revisited the Khalistan movement and the turbulent years of militancy in Punjab during the late 1980s, revealing how Rajiv sought to restore peace while confronting a series of terrorist attacks and political setbacks.