Nathuram Godse information

Nathuram Vinayak Godse
Nathuram Vinayak Godse
	Godse at his trial for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948
Born	Ramachandra Vinayak Godse; 19 May 1910; Baramati, Bombay Presidency, British India; (present-day Maharashtra, India)
Died	15 November 1949 (aged 39); Ambala Central Jail, East Punjab, India ; (present-day Haryana, India)
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Organization(s)	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh; Hindu Mahasabha
Known for	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Criminal status	Executed
Conviction(s)	Murder
Criminal penalty	Death
Capture status	Captured by Herbert Reiner Jr.
Details
Victims	Mahatma Gandhi
Date	30 January 1948
Weapon	Beretta M 1934 semi-automatic pistol
	Writing career
Notable works	Why I Killed Gandhi
Relatives	Gopal Godse (brother)

Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) (pronunciation^ⓘ) was a Hindu nationalist^[1] who on 30 January 1948 assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.^[2]^[3] Godse was a member of the political party, the Hindu Mahasabha;^[4] and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary volunteer organisation;^[5] and a populariser of the work of his mentor Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who had created the ideology of Hindutva.^[6]

Godse together with Narayan Apte made two unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi in 1944 before they succeeded the third time in 1948.^[7] After the 1948 assassination, Godse claimed Gandhi favoured the political demands of British India's Muslims during the partition of India of 1947.^[2]^[8]^[9]

After a trial that lasted over a year, Godse was sentenced to death on 8 November 1949. Although pleas for clemency were made by Gandhi's two sons, Manilal Gandhi and Ramdas Gandhi, they were turned down by India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, deputy prime minister Vallabhbhai Patel, and Governor-General Chakravarti Rajagopalachari,^[10] and Godse and Apte were executed at the Ambala Central Jail on 15 November 1949.^[11]

^ Howlett, Charles F. (2015) [2006], "Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand", in Ryan, James Gilbert; Schlup, Leonard C. (eds.), Historical Dictionary of the 1940s, London and New York: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-7656-0440-8, retrieved 30 January 2022, Because of Gandhi's sensitivity to India's Muslim minority, he was blamed for the partition. In January 1948, in New Delhi, he was assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a militant Hindu nationalist.
^ ^a ^b Cush, Denise; Robinson, Catherine; York, Michael (2008). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Taylor & Francis. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-7007-1267-0. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013. Quote: "The apotheosis of this contrast is the assassination of Gandhi in 1948 by a militant Nathuram Godse, on the basis of his 'weak' accommodationist approach towards the new state of Pakistan." (p. 544)
^ Noorani, A.G. (8 February 2013). "The BJP and Nathuram Godse". Frontline. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ Nash 1981, p. 69.
^ Hansen 1999a, p. 249.
^ McDermott, Rachel Fell; Gordon, Leonard A.; Embree, Ainslie T.; Pritchett, Frances W.; Dalton, Dennis, eds. (2014), "Mahatma Gandhi and Responses", Sources of Indian traditions: Modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, vol. 2 (3rd ed.), New York: Columbia University Press; total pages 1024, pp. 338–452, 439, ISBN 978-0-231-51092-9, retrieved 30 January 2022, Nathuram Godse (1910–1949), though rarely discussed in histories of modern India ranks among its significant figure, if only as the assassin of Gandhi and popularizer of the teachings of his own mentor, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the inventor of 'Hindutva.' As early as 1927, Savarkar had ridiculed the philosopy of non-violence ...
^ Newton, M. (2014). Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-61069-286-1. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^ Markovits 2004, p. 57.
^ Mallot 2012, pp. 75–76.
^ Cite error: The named reference godse-commutation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference Bandyopadhyay2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[howlett-gandhi-godse-1] Howlett, Charles F. (2015) [2006], "Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand", in Ryan, James Gilbert; Schlup, Leonard C. (eds.), Historical Dictionary of the 1940s, London and New York: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-7656-0440-8, retrieved 30 January 2022, Because of Gandhi's sensitivity to India's Muslim minority, he was blamed for the partition. In January 1948, in New Delhi, he was assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a militant Hindu nationalist.

[CushRobinson2008-2] Cush, Denise; Robinson, Catherine; York, Michael (2008). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Taylor & Francis. p. 544. ISBN 978-0-7007-1267-0. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013. Quote: "The apotheosis of this contrast is the assassination of Gandhi in 1948 by a militant Nathuram Godse, on the basis of his 'weak' accommodationist approach towards the new state of Pakistan." (p. 544)

[frontline1-3] Noorani, A.G. (8 February 2013). "The BJP and Nathuram Godse". Frontline. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

[FOOTNOTENash198169-4] Nash 1981, p. 69.

[FOOTNOTEHansen1999a249-5] Hansen 1999a, p. 249.

[sources-indian-traditions-godse-6] McDermott, Rachel Fell; Gordon, Leonard A.; Embree, Ainslie T.; Pritchett, Frances W.; Dalton, Dennis, eds. (2014), "Mahatma Gandhi and Responses", Sources of Indian traditions: Modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, vol. 2 (3rd ed.), New York: Columbia University Press; total pages 1024, pp. 338–452, 439, ISBN 978-0-231-51092-9, retrieved 30 January 2022, Nathuram Godse (1910–1949), though rarely discussed in histories of modern India ranks among its significant figure, if only as the assassin of Gandhi and popularizer of the teachings of his own mentor, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the inventor of 'Hindutva.' As early as 1927, Savarkar had ridiculed the philosopy of non-violence ...

[Newton-7] Newton, M. (2014). Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-61069-286-1. Retrieved 30 January 2023.

[FOOTNOTEMarkovits200457-8] Markovits 2004, p. 57.

[FOOTNOTEMallot201275–76-9] Mallot 2012, pp. 75–76.

[godse-commutation-10] Cite error: The named reference godse-commutation was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Bandyopadhyay2009-11] Cite error: The named reference Bandyopadhyay2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Nathuram Vinayak Godse
Godse at his trial for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948
Born	Ramachandra Vinayak Godse (1910-05-19)19 May 1910 Baramati, Bombay Presidency, British India (present-day Maharashtra, India)
Died	15 November 1949(1949-11-15) (aged 39) Ambala Central Jail, East Punjab, India (present-day Haryana, India)
Cause of death	Execution by hanging
Organization(s)	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Hindu Mahasabha
Known for	Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Criminal status	Executed

Conviction(s)	Murder
Criminal penalty	Death
Capture status	Captured by Herbert Reiner Jr.
Details
Victims	Mahatma Gandhi
Date	30 January 1948
Weapon	Beretta M 1934 semi-automatic pistol

Writing career
Notable works	Why I Killed Gandhi
Relatives	Gopal Godse (brother)