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For decades, the RSS has shunned Godse who murdered the "Father of the Nation", as Indians love to call their greatest icon. Yet, a group of Hindu right-wingers in recent years have lionised Godse ...
- Why India's Hindu Hardliners Want to Sideline Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on this day 69 years ago but...
- Why India's Hindu Hardliners Want to Sideline Mahatma Gandhi
Nathuram Godse. Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) (pronunciation ⓘ) was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi. He was a Hindu nationalist [1] from Maharashtra [2] who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range at a multi-faith prayer meeting in Birla House in New Delhi on 30 January 1948. [3][4]
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at age 78 in the compound of The Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi.His assassin was Nathuram Godse, from Pune, Maharashtra, a Hindutva activist, [1] a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary organization [2] as well as a member of the Hindu Mahasabha.
Jan 19, 2019 · But some of his beliefs also gained him opponents — and Nathuram Godse, the man who killed Gandhi, was ultimately the most zealous opponent of them all. Late in the afternoon of Jan. 30, 1948, Nathuram Godse walked up to Gandhi before a prayer service in New Delhi and shot him three times in the chest. With that, the great leader was dead ...
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May 28, 2024 · Nathuram Godse assassinated Mahatma Gandhi due to several complex reasons deeply rooted in their ideological differences and historical context. Firstly, Godse vehemently disagreed with Gandhi’s approach to achieving India’s independence from British colonial rule. Gandhi was known for his principles of non-violence and civil disobedience ...
Jan 30, 2023 · On January 30, 1948, Nathuram Vinayak Godse assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in the compound of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi. Fondly called as 'Bapu', Mahatma Gandhi was 78 when he was shot three bullets into the chest and abdomen at point-blank range. Moments later, he succumbed to his injuries.
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Jan 30, 2020 · India observes January 30 as Martyrs’ Day because on this day in 1948, the “Father of the Nation”, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, was assassinated by Nathuram Godse. People fondly called him ...