Nathuram Godse
Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949), was the sole assassin of Mahatma Gandhi—the pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism in British ruled India and apostle of non-violence—shooting Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range on 30 January 1948 in New Delhi. Godse, a Hindu nationalist activist from Pune, Maharashtra who resented what he considered was Gandhi's partiality to India's Muslims, plotted the assassination with Narayan Apte and six others. After a trial that lasted over a year, Godse was sentenced to death on 8 November, 1949. Although pleas for commutation were made by India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and by Gandhi's two sons on the grounds that a death sentence would dishonour the legacy of a man opposed to all forms of violence, Godse was hanged a week later.
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Birth date | May 19, 1910 |
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Date of death | November 15, 1949 |
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External resources
- http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/30/world/main2415455.shtml
- http://www.imrajeev.com/why-godse-killed-gandhi
- http://www.kiranbedi.com/gandhifireng.htm
- http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/godse.htm
- http://www.nathuram.com/an-assassin-speaks
- http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/29godse.htm
- http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0214/india.godse.html