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title: "Mahatma Gandhi Assassinated"
year: 1948
country: "India"
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startDate: "1948-01-30"
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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.

## Summary

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.

## Sources

- [Mahatma Gandhi assassination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi) - Wikipedia

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