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Mohandas karam chand ghandi /Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948, shot at point-blank range by Nathuram Godse, an activist.

why was he shotted:

He was assassinated by a young Hindu who felt that M.K. Gandhi was more of a hindrance to India than an asset. He (Gandhi) supported the partition of India into a country for Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains etc and one country for Muslims. He had also leveraged the Indian government to give the newly formed Pakistan monetary aid.

Nathuram Godse (the one responsible for the assassination) felt this was unjust, he being Hindu felt that someone whom most Hindus looked to for guidance should have a stance more lenient towards Hindus.

Some say that nationwide groups were involved in a conspiracy to assassinate him, but those groups have been acquitted of any charges.

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