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 Wk 05 (30 January 1948)

Mahatma Gandhi Is AssassinatedThis Week in HistoryIndian pro-independence activist and leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in New Delhi.

In 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was shot by a Hindu radical while attending prayers in New Delhi. His death came the year after India became independent after nearly 200 years of British colonial rule. Gandhi was a major force in the independence movement, advocating strictly non-violent methods in the struggle for freedom.