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Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1906 – 15 November 1949) was an Indian radical Hindu nationalist from Maharashtra who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi in 1948. A member of the Hindu Mahasabha, which was opposed to the Quit India Movement, he believed that Gandhi was too accommodating of Muslims. He plotted the assassination with Narayan Apte and Digambar Badge. Godse was tried and convicted of murder; he was executed on 15 November 1949.
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Nathuram Vinayak Godse was born on May 19, 1910, in the city of Pune in the state of Maharashtra, India. His father, Vinayak Vamanrao Godse, was a Hindu Brahmin who worked as a postal clerk; his mother, Lakshmi Bayabai Godse, was a devout homemaker. Nathuram was the youngest of three children; his older brother Narayan had been born in 1906 and his sister Vinaya in 1908. As a child, he was considered intelligent and studious, and he excelled in his schoolwork. In 1925, at the age of 15, he graduated from high school and enrolled in Deccan College to study law.
While at Deccan College, Nathuram became involved with the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which had been founded in 1925 with the goal of promoting Hindutva (Hindu nationalism). He soon became a dedicated member and rose through the ranks of the organization. In 1930, he left college without earning a degree and joined the RSS full-time. The following year, he traveled to England with other RSS members to attend an international conference of right-wing nationalists; while there, he also visited Germany and observed firsthand the rise of Nazism. Upon his return to India, Nathuram became even more committed to the RSS's cause of establishing a Hindutva state.
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Nathuram Godse was a Hindu extremist who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi on January 30, 1948. A member of the Hindu Mahasabha, Godse opposed the concept of a secular India and was upset with Gandhi's advocacy for Muslim rights.
Godse began his political career as a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization. He later joined the Arya Samaj, another Hindu organization, before joining the Hindu Mahasabha.
During the partition of India in 1947, Godse was opposed to the creation of Pakistan and advocated for a strong Hindutva nation. This led to his disagreements with Gandhi, who advocated for religious tolerance and peace between Hindus and Muslims.
On January 30, 1948, Godse shot and killed Gandhi as he was walking to his evening prayers in Delhi. Godse was tried and executed for his crime in 1949.
Nathuram Godse Family
Nathuram Godse came from a family of Brahmin priests and Hindu nationalists. His father, Vinayak Vamanrao Godse, was a independence activist who took part in the Quit India Movement of 1942. Nathuram's grandfather, Dada Laxman Balwant Gedse, was a veteran of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
Nathuram's brothers – Dattatreya, Govindharama, and Gopal – were all involved in Hindu nationalist organisations such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Hindu Mahasabha. Nathuram himself was an active member of both these organisations.
In his autobiography, Nathuram states that he was greatly influenced by the Hindu nationalist leader Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. He first met Savarkar when he was 16 years old and developed a close relationship with him over the next few years.