Nathuram Godse

Nathuram Godse was an Indian Hindu nationalist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January 1948. He was tried, convicted, and executed for the killing.

Hindu nationalism: A political ideology that defines Indian nationhood through Hindu cultural identity. Godse’s politics grew from a Hindu nationalist vision of India.
Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: The killing of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi by Nathuram Godse in New Delhi on 30 January 1948. This was the act for which Godse is principally known.
Execution of Nathuram Godse: The execution of Nathuram Godse by hanging at Ambala Central Jail on 15 November 1949. The state carried out Godse’s death sentence after his conviction.
Nonviolent resistance: A method of pursuing political or social change through nonviolent action rather than physical force. Godse used lethal violence against Gandhi, whose public politics centered on nonviolent resistance.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh: An Indian Hindu nationalist volunteer organization founded in 1925 by K. B. Hedgewar. Godse joined the organization as a young man, though accounts differ over when he left.
Mahatma Gandhi: An Indian political and spiritual leader who guided a mass movement against British rule through nonviolent resistance. Godse shot Gandhi during an evening prayer meeting at Birla House.
Partition of India: The 1947 division of British India into the independent states of India and Pakistan, accompanied by mass displacement and violence. Godse cited Partition-era violence and political concessions as reasons for his hostility to Gandhi.
Civil disobedience: The deliberate, public breach of a law considered unjust, undertaken to bring about political change. Gandhi used civil disobedience as a political method that Godse rejected.
Hindu Mahasabha: An Indian political organization founded in 1915 that advocated Hindu political interests. Godse became active in the organization and edited its newspaper, Agrani, later renamed Hindu Rashtra.
Narayan Apte: An Indian Hindu nationalist who collaborated with Nathuram Godse in planning Gandhi’s assassination. Apte was Godse’s close associate and was executed for his role in the conspiracy.

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