Reasons for killing Mahatma Gandhi:
During the trial justice Khosla had allowed Nathuram
Godse the killer of Gandhi to read his own confession in the court.
However the Indian government had banned the confession of
Nathuram.
Nathuram's brother Gopal Godse fought a 60 years legal
battle after which the Supreme Court removed the ban.
Gopal Godse
Nathuram had given 150 reasons for killing Gandhi; some of
which are as follows:
1. In 1919 people of India wanted General
Dyer to be tried for the Massacre of innocent people at
Jalianwalla Baugh . Gandhi refused to support this demand.
2. Whole of India wanted Gandhi to intervene and save Bhagat
Singh,Rajguru and Sukhdev from the Gallows.
Gandhi stubbornly refused on the grounds that they were
misguided freedom fighters, and theirs was an act of violence.
3. On 6th May 1946 on public platform, Gandhi asked
Hindus to sacrifice and not fight the members of Muslim league. In Kerala Muslim league
members killed over 1500 Hindus and converted 2000 to
Islam. Instead of protesting Gandhi expressed that it was a brave act of Allah's followers.
4. On several occasions Gandhi called Shivaji, Maha Rana
pratap and Guru Govind Singh as misguided nationalists.
5. Gandhi advised Raja Harisingh of Kashmir to
abdicate as Kashmir had Muslim majority ,and settle down in Kashi.
Raja Harisingh
on the other hand he
supported the Nizam (Osman Ali Khan ) of Hyderabad to join
Pakistan , even though the state of Hyderabad (Andhra , Telangana ,Karnataka and
Berar) had Hundu majority.
Nizam Osman Ali Khan
Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel however over ruled Gandhi . When Nehru heard of Patel's police action in Hyderabad (operation POLO) he
disconnected his telephone with Patel.
Nizam surrendering to Patel
6. In 1931 the congress committee on designing of Indian
flag suggested that the flag be only in saffron.Gandhi insisted changed it to a tri-colour flag.
7. During the Tripura congress , Subhash Chandra
Bose was elected as president with majority however Gandhi supported Pattabhai Sitaramayya forcing Bose
to resign.
8. On 15th June 1947 during congress conclave it was decided
to resist the partition of India but Gandhi went to the meeting at the last minute and supported the partition.
Infact it was Gandhi who had declared earlier that
partition will take place only over my dead body.
Patel and Nehru
9. Sardar Patel was elected by majority as the first Prime Minister but Gandhi insisted on Nehru .
10. Nehru government had decided to reconstruct
Somnath Mandir at its cost but Gandhi without even being a
member of the ministry
forced the Govt. to reject this proposal .
At the same time on 13th January 1948 he went on a fast
to allow Muslims to repair the mosque in Delhi at govt's cost.
11. When Hindus refugees returned to India after
partition, some of them took shelter in some
mosques temporarily .
When Muslims objected ,Gandhi forced all such Hindus
children, ladies and the old to leave the mosque and live on the
streets.
12. In October 1947 Pakistan attacked Kashmir
, Gandhi went on a fast and forced the Indian Govt to pay Pakistan a compensation of Rs.55 crore. Gandhi did not mind hurting
Hindu feelings to win over the Indian Muslims.
Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte were hanged on 15th
November 1949 in the Ambala Jail in Punjab.
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