What lead to murder of Gandhi ji? Was that a politically motivated murder? What are different theories about this?
Were the murders brought to justice?
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He was killed by a hindu fanatic who thought Gandhi was not hindu enough. His killer is idiolized by many in India.
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Did not know abt idolized part. While growing up did not learnt a lot abt Nathuram Ghodse. Though I did come across an apologist or two who said Nathuram was a decent guy.
As you know killing was motivated by belief Gandhi was too nice to Muslims. Hope that answers OPs question.
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here is a short video clip:
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Anyway - personal opinion - right wing everywhere is just a bunch of thugs. Including the RSS.Pox on them.
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I think he went to the next world at the right time, in his presence the second level politicians would have not taken full responisbility of their duties, I can only imagine how he would have unified India which was acheived brilliantly by Patel.
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I don't remember Nathuram Godse being idiolized widely in India. There may be a few nutjobs here and there. Gandhi was killed because , the killer thought that he was being partial to muslims. Here is an excerpt of an interview of one of the accused (Gopal Godse) who was released after serving 18 years in prison by TIME magazine which appeared in the February 14th, 2000 edition ...
TIME: What happened in January 1948?
Godse: On Jan. 20, Madanlal Pahwa exploded a bomb at Gandhi’s prayer meeting in Delhi. It was 50 meters away from Gandhi. The other conspirators ran away from the place. Madanlal was caught there. Then there was a tension in our minds that we had to finish the task before the police caught us. Then Nathuram took it on himself to do the thing. We only wanted destiny to help us i.e. we should not be get caught on the spot before he acted.
TIME: Why did you want to kill Gandhi?
Godse: Gandhi was a hypocrite. Even after the massacre of the Hindus by the Muslims, he was happy. The more the massacres of the Hindus, the taller his flag of secularism.
TIME: Can you explain how he created his mass following?
Godse: The credit goes to him for maneuvering the media. He captured the press. That was essential. How Gandhi walked, when he smiled, how he waved… All these minor details that the people did not require were imposed upon them to create an atmosphere around Gandhi. And the more ignorant the masses, the more popular was Gandhi. So they always tried to keep the masses ignorant.
TIME: But surely it takes more than good publicity to create a Gandhi?
Godse: There is another thing. Generally in the Indian masses, people are attracted toward saintism. Gandhi was shrewd to use his saintdom for politics. After his death the government used him. The government knew that he was an enemy of Hindus, but they wanted to show that he was a staunch Hindu. So the first act they did was to put “Hey Ram” into Gandhi’s dead mouth.
TIME: You mean that he did not say “Hey Ram” as he died?
Godse: No, he did not say it. You see, it was an automatic pistol. It had a magazine for nine bullets but there were actually seven at that time. And once you pull the trigger, within a second, all the seven bullets had passed. When these bullets pass through crucial points like the heart, consciousness is finished. You have no strength. When Nathuram saw Gandhi was coming, he took out the pistol and folded his hands with the pistol inside it. There was one girl very close to Gandhi. He feared that he would hurt the girl. So he went forward and with his left hand pushed her aside and shot. It happened within one second. You see, there was a film and some Kingsley fellow (Ben Kingsley) had acted as Gandhi. Someone asked me whether Gandhi said “Hey Ram”? I said Kingsley did say it. But Gandhi did not. Because that was not a drama.
TIME: Many people think Gandhi deserved to be nominated TIME’s Person of the Century. (He was one of two runners-up, after Albert Einstein).
Godse: I name him the most cruel person for Hindus in India. The most cruel person! That is how I term him.
TIME: Is that why Gandhi had to die?
Godse: Yes. For months he was advising Hindus that they must never be angry with the Muslims. What sort of ahimsa (non-violence) is this? His principle of peace was bogus. In any free country, a person like him would be shot dead officially because he was encouraging the Muslims to kill Hindus.
TIME: But his philosophy was of turning the other cheek. He felt one person had to stop the cycle of violence.
Godse: The world does not work that way.
TIME: Is there anything that you admire about Gandhi?
Godse: Firstly, the mass awakening that Gandhi did. In our school days Gandhi was our idol. Secondly, he removed the fear of prison. He said it is different to go into prison for a theft and different to go in for Satyagraha (Civil Disobedience). As youngsters, we had our enthusiasm, but we needed some channel. We took Gandhi to be our channel. We don’t repent for that.
TIME: Did you not admire his principles of non-violence?
Godse: Non-violence is not a principle at all. He did not follow it. In politics you cannot follow non-violence. You cannot follow honesty. Every moment, you have to give a lie. Every moment you have to take a bullet in hand and kill someone. Why was he proved to be a hypocrite? Because he was in politics with his so-called principles. Is his non-violence followed anywhere? Not in the least. Nowhere.
TIME: What was the most difficult thing about killing Gandhi?
Godse: The greatest hurdle before us was not that of giving up our lives or going to the gallows. It was that we would be condemned both by the government and by the public. Because the public had been kept in the dark about what harm Gandhi had done to the nation. How he had fooled them!
TIME: Did the people condemn you**
Godse:** Yes. People in general did. Because they had been kept ignorant.
Nothing really is left now to write or say. Gopal Godse said everything. Anyways if anyone of you have a different opinion or any comment over this, you are invited to do so.
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I think he went to the next world at the right time, in his presence the second level politicians would have not taken full responisbility of their duties, I can only imagine how he would have unified India which was acheived brilliantly by Patel.
I remember many of the oldies wishing that Patel was the PM instead of Nehru.
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I remember many of the oldies wishing that Patel was the PM instead of Nehru.
Now we have both the personalities with their flaw, despite indecisiveness of Nehru, he was genuine international leader,his vision was about a country for everyone, where no one is distinguished on the basis of any category, while Patel was strict adminstrator more than a leader, he was shrewed and precisely the person that India needed as home minister then. Can't say if I am asked to choose one, whom I have chosen had I been alive at that time :)
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But why they killed him? He was old n sick too, :( he would have died after few year anyway.
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But why they killed him? He was old n sick too, :( he would have died after few year anyway.
Fanatics simply kill, Qadri killed Tasir just because he couldn't agree with Gandhi's vision. His survival might have shaped India's future probably different way, as by 1950, Indian economy changed its vision from Gandhian economy to Nehruvian economy.
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Indra ghandi was killed too right?
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tum kis dunyaa men rahtii ho? lol…kaisa lagegaa agar koi poochhe k kia Benazir Bhutto kaa qatl huaa thaa? lol j/k … shaayad Indira Gandhi ke assassination kii Khabar tum tak nahiiN pahoNchii…bad media! lol 
ab yeh na poochhnaa k kia Indira Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi kii beTii thiiN? lol
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Gandhi
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Yes she was killed after she got killed many. She did operations against Sikhs and Kept Sikhs in her security 
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He was killed by a hindu fanatic who thought Gandhi was not hindu enough. His killer is idiolized by many in India.
This is really interesting to know. Poor Mahatma Gandhi didn't have positive image in Pakistani Muslims. The people who were labeled traitors were called Gandhi like Bachha Khan as Sarhadi Gandhi and G M Syed as Sindhi Gandhi
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she was ‘ASSASSINATED’ by her own Sikh bodyguard. Gandhi is still the father of the nation [called BAAPU]…Godse and likes are/were a negligible minority.
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Fanatics simply kill, Qadri killed Tasir just because he couldn't agree with Gandhi's vision. His survival might have shaped India's future probably different way, as by 1950, Indian economy changed its vision from Gandhian economy to Nehruvian economy.
What is Gandhian Economy BTW? I think Gandhi ji was against Industrialisation.
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Muje Indian ka Itna nahi pata sorry 
Wo gandhi Ki wife nahi theen?
Also wo Jo short hair wali miss ghandhi hain wo kon hain?
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Hain? Didnt she know her security guys were Sikh?