Indian independence · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (1948)
On the Indian independence map as “Birla House — Gandhi is killed”
30 Jan 1948 — Walking to prayer, Gandhi is shot three times by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist who judged him too generous to Pakistan. “The light has gone out of our lives,” Nehru tells the country the assassin claimed to defend. Remember him.
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- Aftermath of Partition (chapter 14 of Indian independence)
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- Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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