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Sunday, June 28, 2015

Mahatma Gandhi Assassinated on January 30,1948

Gandhi was assassinated by Hindu right wing militant Nathuram Godse at Birla House on January 30, 1948 when the Mahatma was coming out to attend his daily prayer meeting. Gandhi succumbed to injuries at the Birla House.

 On 30 January 1948, Godse approached Gandhi on the way to a prayer meeting and bowed. A girl accompanying Gandhi told Godse, “Brother, Bapu is already late” and tried to put him off, but Godse pushed her aside and shot Gandhi three times at point-blank range in the chest with a Beretta M1934 semi-automatic pistol chambered in .380 ACP bearing the serial number 606824.
 
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Eight people including Godse were charged for the assassination. After a trial at a special court inside Red Fort, Godse and his accomplice Narayan Apte were sentenced to death, while remaining five were awarded life sentence. Vinayak Savarkar, also known as Veer Savarkar, was acquitted.

Gandhi, who fervently espoused Hindu-Muslim unity, had faced five unsuccessful attempts on his life since 1934 before being assassinated.

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