Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (often called Mahatma Gandhi) was assassinated on 30 January 1948, shot at point-blank range by Nathuram Godse. Since 1934, there had been five unsuccessful attempts to kill Gandhi. Gandhi was outside on the steps of a building where a prayer meeting was going to take place. He was surrounded by a part of his family and some followers when three gunshots killed him.

Assassination

After a previous failed attempt to assassinate Gandhi at the Birla House, Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte returned to Pune via Mumbai (Bombay). With the help of Dr. Dattatraya Parchure and Gangadhar Dandavate, Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte purchased a Beretta and reached Delhi on 29 January 1948, checking into the retiring room No. 6 at Delhi Railway Station.

Conspirators

• Nathuram Vinayak Godse
• Narayan Dattatraya Apte
• Vishnu Ramkrishna
• Madanlal Kashmirilal Pahwa
• Shankar Kistaiya
• Gopal Vinayak Godse
• Digambar Ramchandra Badge
• Dattatraya Sadashiv Parchure
• Gangadhar Dandavate
• Gangadhar Jadhao

Day of assassination

Godse killed Gandhi on January 30, 1948. He 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 .38 Beretta semi-automatic pistol.

Gandhi's last words

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