PHOTOS: Mahatma Gandhi assassinated, January 30, 1948
January 30, 2015
Indian nationalist leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, whose policy of peaceful demonstration led India from British rule to independence. (Photo by Elliott & Fry/Getty Images) ( 98n/10/huty/10745/06 )
Indian thinker, statesman and nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948), as a law student, 1887. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images) ( 97s/40/huty/8593/25 )
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) (1869 - 1948) when a young man in South Africa, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 98n/16/gase/12249/40 )
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) as a young lawyer, circa 1906. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 95e31/huch/1358/17 )
Employees of the great Tata Iron Works in Jarmshedpur being addressed by Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi), 1925. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( decades/1945/99 )
Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) eating at his home, whilst living in seclusion after his release from prison by the British authorities, 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) ( dave14/first/sww/us_asia/01749 )
Indian nationalist leader and organizer of the Indian National Congress's campaign of passive non-cooperation, Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) with his wife, shortly before his arrest for conspiracy, January 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) ( 97n/20/huty/7051/29 )
Indian Nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) at a spinning wheel during a 'Charlea' demonstration in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh, 9th June 1925. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 97q/huty/7121/40 )
Crowds gather to hear Gandhi speak next to the Sabarmati River, c. 1930. Photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, while Mills was covering Mahatma Gandhi and his followers. (AP Photo/James A. Mills collection) ( India Gandhi )
National volunteers, supporters of Mahatma Gandhi march through the streets of Madras carrying the banner of home rule, 1930. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( J77721208 )
Mahatma Gandhi with fellow passengers aboard the S.S. Rajputana en route to the Second Roundtable Conference on Dominion Status for India (September - December 1931) in London. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Mahatma Gandhi, left, interviewed by AP reporter James A. Mills in Borsad, India. Photo from a period album collected by Mills, ca. 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills Collection) ( India Gandhi )
Crowds gather to hear Gandhi speak next to the Sabarmati River, c. 1930. Photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, while Mills was covering Mahatma Gandhi and his followers. (AP Photo/James A. Mills collection) ( India Gandhi )
Indian statesman Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1969 - 1948) fasts in protest against British rule after his release from prison in Poona, India, 1933. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 96e/13/kocd/3828/3wc17 )
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948), Indian Congress Leader and representative of the Indian Nationals, leaves the Friends' Meeting House, Euston Road, after attending the Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform, 1931. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Getty Images) ( 96e/13/kocd/3828/3wc01 )
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi,1869 - 1948), Indian nationalist and spiritual leader, leading the Salt March in protest against the government monopoly on salt production, 1930. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) ( 95d47/huch/2446/14 )
Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) at Boulogne station with Mrs Sarojini Naidu, on the way to England to attend the Round Table Conference as the representative of the Indian Nationals. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Getty Images) ( toni20/hdc/people/60/0265 )
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, circa 1930. AFP/Getty Images ( SAHK970714052660 )
Indian spiritual and political leader Mahatma Gandhi, circa 1935. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 00n/47/G1935/049 )
Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) on board a cross channel steamer for a visit to London, 12th September 1931. He is using a traditional spinning wheel. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) ( 96d/28/huch/4540/10 )
Indian thinker, statesman and nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948), and George Lansbury (1859 - 1940) with a group of London children, 1931. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 95c46/huch/2393/15 )
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) arriving at No 10 Downing Street, London, for a conference with Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald, 3rd November 1931. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) ( martyn4/kunkap/k88 )
Indian thinker and nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) speaking at a rally, circa 1935. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( dave14/first/sww/us_asia/01751 )
Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) is greeted by a crowd of female textile workers during a visit to Darwen, Lancashire, 1931.(Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 97b/08/huty/6524/16 )
Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi), outside 10 Downing Street, London. He is in London to attend the Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform, 3rd November 1931. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images) ( 97i/13/huty/6736/08 )
Indian thinker and nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) working at his spinning wheel after his release from Yeravad Goal. He is at the beginning of a three week fast in protest against British rule, 16th June 1933. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 97l/23/huty/6986/38 )
A signed portrait of Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948), leader of the Indian National Congress, circa 1935. He campaigned for tolerance and social reform and an end to discrimination against the so-called untouchable caste. He was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in the violence that followed the partition of British India into India and Pakistan. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images) ( 97p/24/huty/7238/13 )
An admiring East End crowd gathers to witness the arrival of Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi), in Canning Town, East London, as he calls upon Charlie Chaplin, 22nd September 1931. Gandhi is in England in his capacity as leader of the Indian National Congress attending the London Round Table Conference on Indian constitutional reform. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images) ( 98n/10/huty/12014/10 )
In this picture taken on July 24, 1931, Mahatma Gandhi speaks in New Delhi. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( Del264478 )
Mahatma Gandhi and fellow delegate Sarojini Naidu en route to London for the Second Round Table Conference on Dominion Status for India. Photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, ca. 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Mahatma Gandhi in a photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, ca. 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Mahatma Gandhi at Swaraj Bhavan, Allahabad, in a photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, ca. 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Mahatma Gandhi in a photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, ca. 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Mahatma Gandhi in a photo from a period album collected by AP reporter James A. Mills, ca. 1931. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Mahatma Gandhi leaving France en route to the Second Round Table Conference on Dominion Status for India (September - December 1931) in London. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Mahatma Gandhi aboard the S.S. Rajputana en route to the Second Round Table Conference on Dominion Status for India (September - December 1931) in London. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Mahatma Gandhi after arriving in Folkstone, England en route to the Second Round Table Conference on Dominion Status for India (September - December 1931) in London. (AP Photo/James A. Mills) ( India Gandhi )
Indian nationalist leader and thinker Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) on his way by rickshaw to the Viceregal Lodge to meet the Viceroy of India, 27th August 1940. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) ( 00n/23/HUTY/14675/19 )
Demonstrators lying on the ground to avoid clouds of tear gas released by the police when they refused to disperse after protesting against the arrest of Gandhi and other National Congress leaders, 10th August 1942. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 99t/10/huty/13230/14 )
Indian spiritual and political leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) in India, circa 1940. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( 00n/47/G1935/050 )
The Indian Nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948) meets the Viceroy of India Lord Mountbatten (1900 - 1979) and his wife, at the Viceroy's House in New Delhi, 1947. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 97i/11/huty/6661/18 )
Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, 1869 - 1948), Indian nationalist leader, circa 1945. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 95g39/huch/1886/01 )
In this photograph taken 22 September 1947, Mahatma Gandhi (C) visits Muslim refugees at Purana Qila in New Delhi, as they prepare to depart to Pakistan. The nation of 1.1 billion people -- marking 60 years since the subcontinent was partitioned on 14 - 15 August 1947 and independence from British rule -- proudly sees itself well on the road to economic, political and social greatness. STR/AFP/Getty Images ( Del132227 )
The body of Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) lying in state at Birla House, New Delhi, before the funeral cortege leaves for the burning ghats on the banks of the River Jumna, 1948. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) ( 97b/10/huty/6638/32 )
Nathuram Vinayak Godse, bottom right, on trial for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in the red fort, Old Delhi, 27th May 1948. The presiding judge Atma Charan is on the left. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ( J145831101 )
A crowd watching the funeral procession of Indian statesman and advocate of non-violence Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) who was assassinated in Delhi, 1948. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) ( 97d/50/huty/10751/15 )
The body of martyred Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as the Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), is borne, 10 February 1948, in New Delhi, for the ceremony of cremation. Almost one million people took part in the Mahatma Gandhi's funeral procession to reach the cremation grounds near New Delhi and mourn their leader, slain by an assassin’s bullets as he walked to prayer at Birla House. (Photo credit should read OFF/AFP/Getty Images) ( ARP1708953 )
Crowds rushing towards the funeral pyre of the assassinated Indian statesman and advocate of non-violence, Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi), before the fire is lit, 12th February 1948. (Photo by Devi/Fox Photos/Getty Images) ( 97d/50/huty/10751/08 )
A crowd watching the funeral pyre of Indian statesman and advocate of non-violence, Mahatma Gandhi (Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi), who was assassinated in Delhi, February 1948. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) ( 97d/50/huty/10751/10 )
This is Hindu extremist and newspaper editor Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian patriot and spiritual leader, seen in an undated photo. (AP Photo) ( Gandhi Assassin 1948 )
This is the gun and one of the bullets with which Nathuram Godse assassinated Mohandas Gandhi, Indian patriot and spiritual leader, on January 30, 1948, seen in its first public exhibit, Oct. 28, 1969, in New Delhi. (AP Photo) ( Gandhi Assassination Gun Displayed 1969 )
Indian leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, smiles in this 1947 file photo, location unknown. Sixty years after he was assassinated, some of the peace icon's ashes will be scattered in the Arabian Sea Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/File) ( India Gandi Anniversary )
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