# Canonical recap data for Mahatma Gandhi Assassinated (1948)
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slug: gandhi-assassination
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1948/gandhi-assassination"
title: Mahatma Gandhi Assassinated
subtitle: Gandhi's murder by a Hindu nationalist shocked the newly independent nation and exposed deep communal fractures in post-partition South Asia.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1948-01-30
datePrecision: day
year: 1948
decade: 1940
country:
name: India
slug: india
summaryShort: 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 Hi
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Gandhi_Smriti_Delhi.jpg/1280px-Gandhi_Smriti_Delhi.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi"
importance: 85
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi"
  title: Mahatma Gandhi assassination
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- protest
metaDescription: 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 N
wikidataQid: Q3350154
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260511152125/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi"
  capturedAt: 2026-05-11
  label: Mahatma Gandhi assassination
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Mahatma_Gandhi"
