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Mahatma Gandhi Assassinated

Gandhi's murder by a Hindu nationalist shocked the newly independent nation and exposed deep communal fractures in post-partition South Asia.

WhenJanuary 30, 1948
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Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at the age of 78 in the compound of The Birla House, a large mansion in central New Delhi. His assassin was Nathuram Godse, from Pune, Maharashtra, a right-wing Hindu nationalist, with a history of association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary organization, and with membership in the Hindu Mahasabha.

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