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
A memorial marks the spot in Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), New Delhi, where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated at 5:17 PM on 30 January 1948.
The trial of persons accused of participation and complicity in the assassination at the Special Court in Red Fort Delhi on 27 May 1948. Front row, left to right: Nathuram Godse, Narayan Apte, and Vishnu Ramkrishna Karkare. Seated behind, left to right: Digambar Badge, Shankar Kistaiya, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Gopal Godse, and Dattatraya Sadashiv Parachure.
Funeral procession of Gandhi, passing the India Gate, Delhi
Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar was an Indian politician, ideologue, author and an anticolonial nationalist. He developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva in his 1923 pamphlet entitled Es
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
…identified as prominent members of the Hindu Mahasabha – a nationalist organization. Along with Godse and accomplices, police arrested the 65-year-old Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who they accused of being the mastermind behind the plot. The accused, their place of residence and occupational background were as follows…
Savarkar, c. 1910
The Savarkar brothers (left to right) Narayan, Ganesh and Vinayak, with Shanta, sister Maina Kale and Yamuna
Savarkar in jail clothes
A statue of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at Cellular Jail.