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On 30 January 1948. Gandhi was late for his evening prayers.
Attempt was made earlier too on his life.
As he approached the dais. Godse pushed leaned to bow and shot 3 bullets. He didn't run and surrendered.
Apprehended by Herbert Rainer a US diplomat.
Why I killed Gandhi - Pamphlet by Godse
► Godse wrote this on the eve of his trial
► Puts a series of allegations and justifications
Allegations on Gandhi
Gandhi's Power on Congress increased post death of Tilak in 1920.
Non Violence not a practical solution for fighting with Britishers
eg. Of Ram. Arjun, Krishna engaging in violence to save their loved ones
Exalts Role of Rana Pratap, Sivaji Maharaj, Guru C Singh
His Ideals are Veer Savarkar and Gandhi Himself
Testing Godse's charge...Right or Wrong?
Gandhi did define Satyagraha in his newspaper and letters
Defined on the lines of TRUTH, SELF CARE and SUFFERING
Historians agree that there was a lack of fit between Mahatma and his followers, what he said was often metaphysical, spiritual and ideological.
Not very much practical for common masses to follow.
Gandhi's control of Congress
Yes, it was absolute
Tripuri Crisis distanced Subhash Bose from Congress
He resigned from Congress after 1934 after the failure of 2nd Civil Disobedience
Was Gandhi purely Non Violent?
No
Militant call of DO or DIE in Quit India movement was itself against Non violence spirit
"I do believe that where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence I would advise violence," he writes, and adds, "I took part in the Boer War, the so called Zulu rebellion and the late War Gandhi" (Karuna Mantena)
Gandhi on the Quit India Movement
"This time on my arrest there is to be no mute, passive non-violence, but non-violence of the activists type should be set in motion, so that not a single believer in non-violence as an article of faith for the purpose of achieving India's goal should find himself free or alive at the end of the effo longer to the existing slavery"
Gandhi's role in Riots
Historians call it Gandhi's finest hour
His roaming in Noakhali saved thousands of Hindus lives in Bengal when India was celebrating Freedom
Did not participate in Constituent Assembly, instead tried to work for victims
Fast was done for stopping Violence from both side
Could not help even Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan when he said you have handed us over to wolves
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