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Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

Index Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 in the compound of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi. [1]

67 relations: Abdul Majeed Khwaja, Assassination, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Beretta M1934, Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Brij Krishna Chandiwala, Capital punishment in India, Chandrashekhar Agashe, Clone High, Dattatraya Parchure, Des Raj Goyal, Digambar Badge, Digvijay Nath, Dominion of India, Ernest Forrester Paton, Gandhi (film), Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai, Gopal Godse, Gorakhnath Math, Great Crimes and Trials, Harilal Gandhi, Hindu nationalism, History of the Republic of India, Jagdish Chandra Jain, January 1948, January 30, Javare Gowda, Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah, K. R. Narayanan, Kamal Haasan, Kanu Gandhi, Kapur Commission, Kasturba Gandhi, List of assassinations in Asia, List of last survivors of historical events, List of last words, List of massacres in India, List of people who died by hanging, M. S. Golwalkar, Madan Lal Pahwa, Mahatma Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi Inter College, Gorakhpur, Martyrs' Day, Martyrs' Day (India), Mauli Chandra Sharma, Max Desfor, Mirabehn, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Narayan Apte, Nathuram Godse, ..., National Gandhi Museum, Organiser (magazine), Prabhakar Balwant Dani, Raj Ghat and associated memorials, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival, Shirin Ebadi, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, The light has gone out of our lives, Tubelight (film), Tushar Gandhi, V Kalyanam, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Vishnu Ramkrishna Karkare, 1948, 1948 in India, 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka. Expand index (17 more) »

Abdul Majeed Khwaja

Abdul Majeed Khwaja (1885–1962), an Indian lawyer, educationist, social reformer and freedom fighter, was born at Aligarh, a small but historically significant town in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

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Assassination

Assassination is the killing of a prominent person, either for political or religious reasons or for payment.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (pronunciation; born 25 December 1924) is an Indian politician who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first term for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004.

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Beretta M1934

The Beretta Model 1934 is a compact, semi-automatic pistol which was issued as a standard service firearm to the Italian armed forces beginning in 1934.

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Bharatiya Jana Sangh

The Bharatiya Jana Sangh (abbrv. BJS), commonly known as the Jan Sangh, was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the political arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation.

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Brij Krishna Chandiwala

Brij Krishna Chandiwala was an Indian freedom fighter from Delhi and a political associate of Mahatma Gandhi who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1963 for his contributions to the field of social work.

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Capital punishment in India

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in India.

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Chandrashekhar Agashe

Chandrashekhar Agashe (चंद्रशेखर आगाशे.; IAST: Candraśekhara Āgāśe; February 14, 1888 — June 9, 1956) was an Indian industrialist and lawyer, best remembered as the founder of the Brihan Maharashtra Sugar Syndicate Ltd. He served as the managing director of the company from its inception in 1934 till his death in 1956.

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Clone High

Clone High (occasionally referred to in the U.S. as Clone High U.S.A.) is a Canadian–American adult animated television series created by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Bill Lawrence.

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Dattatraya Parchure

Dattatraya Sadashiv Parchure (1902–1985) was a doctor and a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha.

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Des Raj Goyal

Des Raj Goyal (1929-2013), also known as Desraj Goyal or D. R. Goyal, is an Indian journalist, academic and a well-known author of books on secularism and communalism.

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Digambar Badge

Digambar Badge was one of the Indians arrested for the conspiracy to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi.

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Digvijay Nath

Mahant Digvijay Nath (born Nanhu Singh, 1894-1969) was the mahant, i.e., head priest, of the Gorakhnath Math in Gorakhpur, India.

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Dominion of India

Between gaining independence from the United Kingdom on 15 August 1947 and the proclamation of a republic on 26 January 1950, India was an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations with king George VI as its head of state.

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Ernest Forrester Paton

Ernest Forrester Paton (1891–1970), also known by the Tamil name Chinnannan, was a Scottish United Free Church medical missionary to Pune, part of then-Bombay Presidency.

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Gandhi (film)

Gandhi is a 1982 epic historical drama film based on the life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the leader of India's non-violent, non-cooperative independence movement against the United Kingdom's rule of the country during the 20th century.

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Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai

Gandhi Memorial Museum, established in 1959, is a memorial museum for Gandhi located in the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Gopal Godse

Gopal Vinayak Godse (गोपाळ विनायक गोडसे; c. 12 June 1919 – 26 November 2005) was the younger brother of Nathuram Godse and one of the conspirators in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January 1948.

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Gorakhnath Math

The Gorakhnath Math (Gorakhnath Mutt) is a temple of the Nath monastic group of the Nath tradition.

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Great Crimes and Trials

Great Crimes and Trials (sometimes titled Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century) is a 1993-1996 BBC documentary television series.

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Harilal Gandhi

Harilal Mohandas Gandhi (23 August 1888 – 18 June 1948) was the eldest son of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

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Hindu nationalism

Hindu nationalism has been collectively referred to as the expressions of social and political thought, based on the native spiritual and cultural traditions of the Indian subcontinent.

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History of the Republic of India

The history of the Republic of India begins on 26 January 1950.

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Jagdish Chandra Jain

Jagdish Chandra Jain (20 January 1909 – 28 July 1993) was a scholar, indologist, educationist, writer, and freedom fighter during the freedom struggle of India.

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January 1948

The following events occurred in January 1948.

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January 30

No description.

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Javare Gowda

Deve Gowda Javare Gowda (6 July 1915 – 30 May 2016) was a Kannada language author also known as De Ja Gou or simply Javare Gowda.

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Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah

Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah (22 January 1906 – 4 January 1991) was the twelfth Chief Justice of India from 17 December 1970 until his retirement on 21 January 1971.

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K. R. Narayanan

Kocheril Raman Narayanan (4 February 1921 – 9 November 2005) was the tenth President of India.

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Kamal Haasan

Parathasarathi Srinivasan (born 7 November 1954), professionally known as Kamal Haasan, is an Indian politician, film actor, dancer, film director, screenwriter, producer, playback singer and lyricist who works primarily in Tamil cinema.

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Kanu Gandhi

Kanu Gandhi (1917 – 20 February 1986) was an Indian photographer.

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Kapur Commission

The release of the conspirators in the Gandhi murder case in 1964 and the resultant celebrations in Pune and remarks of GV Ketkar, grandson of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, that he was aware of Nathuram Godse's desire to kill Gandhi, led to a public outrage and resulted in the forming of the Pathak commission.

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Kasturba Gandhi

Kasturbai "Kasturba" Mohandas Gandhi (born Kasturbai Makhanji Kapadia on (11 April 1869 – 22 February 1944) was a political activist and the wife of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as well as the daughter of Indian basketball legend, Kausutbh Chenchu. In association with her husband, Kasturba Gandhi was involved in the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.

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List of assassinations in Asia

This is a list of assassinations which took place on the continent of Asia.

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List of last survivors of historical events

The following is a list of last survivors of notable historical and cultural events, excluding wars, which are covered in separate lists that can be found in the See also section.

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List of last words

This is a list of last words, statements spoken by people shortly before their death.

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List of massacres in India

A massacre is the deliberate slaughter of members of one group by one or more members of another more powerful group.

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List of people who died by hanging

This is a list of people who died as a result of hanging, including suicides and judicial, extrajudicial, or summary executions.

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M. S. Golwalkar

Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (Marathi: मा. स. गोळवलकर; 19 February 1906 – 5 June 1973) was the second Sarsanghchalak (or, "Supreme Leader") of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

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Madan Lal Pahwa

Madan Lal Pahwa (in Punjabi ਮਦਨਲਾਲ ਪਾਹਵਾ) was one of the conspirators involved in assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.

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Mahatma Gandhi Inter College, Gorakhpur

Mahatma Gandhi Inter College, (Hindi: महात्मा गांधी इंटर कॉलेज) is a U.P. board affiliate college in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, which provides education in Hindi and English mediums with all three Streams.

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Martyrs' Day

Martyrs' Day is an annual day observed by nations to salute the martyrdom of soldiers who lost their lives defending the sovereignty of the nation.

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Martyrs' Day (India)

In India, there are several days declared as Martyrs' Day (at national level also known as Sarvodaya day).

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Mauli Chandra Sharma

Mauli Chandra Sharma (M. C. Sharma) was a senior Indian politician, originally of the Indian National Congress.

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Max Desfor

Max Desfor (November 8, 1913 – February 19, 2018) was an American photographer who received the Pulitzer Prize for his Korean War photograph, Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea, depicting Pyongyang residents and refugees crawling over a destroyed bridge across the Taedong River to escape the advancing Chinese Communist troops.

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Mirabehn

Madeleine Slade (Mirabehn) (22 November 1892 – 20 July 1982), daughter of the British Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond Slade, was a British woman who left her home in Britain to live and work with Mohandas Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement.

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Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (محمد علی جناح ALA-LC:, born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a lawyer, politician, and the founder of Pakistan.

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Narayan Apte

Narayan Dattatraya Apte (1911 – 15 November 1949) was an Indian activist and entrepreneur who was executed for his role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Nathuram Godse

Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) was a right-wing advocate of Hindu nationalism who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.

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National Gandhi Museum

The National Gandhi Museum or Gandhi Memorial Museum is a museum located in New Delhi, India showcasing the life and principles of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Organiser (magazine)

Organiser is an affiliated publication of the Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), launched as a newspaper in 1947 in the weeks before the Partition of India.

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Prabhakar Balwant Dani

Prabhakar Balwant Dani (also known as P. B. Dani and Bhaiyaji Dani) was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization in India.

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Raj Ghat and associated memorials

Raj Ghat is a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi in Delhi, India.

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, abbreviated as RSS (Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsēvaka Saṅgha, IPA:, lit. "National Volunteer Organisation" or "National Patriotic Organisation"), is an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organisation that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.

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River to River. Florence Indian Film Festival

River to River.

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Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi (Širin Ebādi; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran.

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Syama Prasad Mukherjee

Syama Prasad Mookerjee (06 July 1901 – 23 June 1953) was an Indian politician, barrister and academician, who served as Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.

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The light has gone out of our lives

The light has gone out of our lives is a speech that was delivered ex tempore by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, on January 30, 1948 following the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi earlier that evening.

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Tubelight (film)

Tubelight is a 2017 Indian war drama film written and directed by Kabir Khan.

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Tushar Gandhi

Tushar Arun Gandhi (born 17 January 1960) is the son of journalist Arun Manilal Gandhi, grandson of Manilal Gandhi and great-grandson of M.K. Gandhi.

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V Kalyanam

V Kalyanam (born 15 August 1922) is an Indian freedom fighter and was Mahatma Gandhi's personal secretary during the last few years of Gandhi's life (1943–48).

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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Indian pro-Hindutva activist, lawyer, politician, poet, writer and playwright.

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Vishnu Ramkrishna Karkare

Vishnu Ramakrishna Karkare (c. 1910 – 6 April 1974), a Hindu Mahasabha activist was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in an attempt to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi.

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1948

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1948 in India

Events in the year 1948 in India.

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2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka

The 2008 attacks on Christians in southern Karnataka refer to the wave of attacks directed against Christian churches and prayer halls in the Indian city of Mangalore and the surrounding area of southern Karnataka in September and October 2008 by Hindu organisations, Bajrang Dal and the Sri Ram Sena.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi

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