Images - Mahatma Gandhi - 1948

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From Calcutta Gandhi travelled to New Delhi. When there too clashes started again, Gandhi began a new fast on the 12th January 1948. He felt very alone and his lifes work slipping through his fingers, as he said: "Death would be a glorious release for me. I would have prefered death than be a helpless witness to the destruction of India." He added: "I pray incessantly that I will in no way feel any hatred towards my enemy, in fact, when I fall victim to the bullet of my assassin, my soul should breathe out its last with the name of God on my lips." After five days Gandhi ended his last fast in the Birla House in New Delhi. The clashes had stopped and the governments of India and Pakistan had assured him increased protection of the minorities. Gandhi, weakened by the fasts, gathered new strength to be able to continue with his mission. After the daily evening prayer meetings in the garden of Birla House, Gandhi spoke to the hundreds present. On January 20, 1948, during his speech, a bomb, laid by one of the Hindu refugees, exploded nearby, fortunately injuring no one. Gandhi remained calm and urged the public to continue listening to him.
Even after that, he refused to have a bodyguard and prayed that the assassin would not be punished. However Gandhi criticised the religious fanatics amongst the people as well as the politicians of the Congress party, which in the meantime had emerged from the Indian National Congress. The autocracy of the Congress party in the Indian Union did not offer to the nonviolent anarchist Gandhi enough safety against the misuse of power and corruption. In a draft towards a change of party statutes, he therefore suggested to dissolve the party and transform it into a loose union of peaceworkers. They should then stay away from party and power politics and above all dedicate themselves to the social, economic and moral aspects of constructive work in the villages. This political testament of Gandhi was, however, rejected by the members of the Congress party.
In spite of the bomb attack Gandhi continued to strive for an understanding between Hindus and Muslims. On January 25, he urged that every Hindu, as a symbol of brotherhood, should bring along with him a Muslim to the next prayer meeting in Birla House. For the most radical group of Hindu fundamentalists, this was an additional reason to kill Gandhi. On Friday, the 30th of January 1948, shortly after 17 hundred hours, Gandhi, supported by his companions went into the garden of Birla House for a prayer meeting. 500 people were already waiting for him. Nathuram Godse killed him with three shots. Gandhi died with the name of God on his lips. The murderer was immediately arrested and months later sentenced to death in a sensational trial.
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