Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of India's independence movement
and a global icon of peace and non-violence, was assassinated on January 30,
1948, by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist.
Godse was motivated by his belief that Gandhi had been too
accommodating to Muslims during the Partition of India, which had occurred just
six months earlier. He also objected to Gandhi's calls for Hindu-Muslim unity.
