Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi, frail but resolute, walks towards his evening prayer meeting at Birla House, supported by his grandnieces. Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist extremist, steps forward, feigning reverence, before shooting Gandhi three times at point-blank range.
Key Figures
Causal neighbors · 800 linked moments
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1948
· contemporaneous
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1948
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1948
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1948
· contemporaneous
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1948
· same location
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1948
· same location
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1948
· same location
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1948
· same location
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1948
· same figure
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1948
· same figure
D
1948
· same figure
A
1948
· same figure
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1865
· thematic
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455
· thematic
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44 BC
· thematic
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1369
· thematic
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96
· thematic
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1586
· thematic
A
44 BC
· thematic
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217
· thematic
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69
· thematic
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41
· thematic
69
· thematic
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41
· thematic
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1914
· thematic
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1358
· thematic
A
44 BC
· thematic
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41
· thematic
A
44 BC
· thematic
A
455
· thematic
A
44 BC
· thematic
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69
· thematic
A
1914
· thematic
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44 BC
· thematic
69
· thematic
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1948
· contemporaneous