hunger strike by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948), Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. At 5:17 pm on 30 January 1948, Gandhi was with his grandnieces in the garden of the former Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), on his way to address a prayer meeting, when Nathuram Godse fired three bullets from a Beretta 9 mm pistol into his chest at point-blank range

hunger strike by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948), Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. At 5:17 pm on 30 January 1948, Gandhi was with his grandnieces in the garden of the former Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), on his way to address a prayer meeting, when Nathuram Godse fired three bullets from a Beretta 9 mm pistol into his chest at point-blank range Stock Photo
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World History Archive / Alamy Stock Photo

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5318 x 3944 px | 45 x 33.4 cm | 17.7 x 13.1 inches | 300dpi

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28 April 2017

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