New Delhi, 1948 India's greatest founding father was a champion of peaceful protest, yet ironically he was gunned down for no clear reason by Nathuram Godse, a fanatical Hindu, in the gardens of Birla House on 30th January 1948 while Gandhi was on his way to attend a prayer meeting.
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 --Assassination.
India 1919-1947. --Politics and government--1919-1947.