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Today in History: January 30, Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi

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A black and white photo of Gandhi's funeral procession in INdia
The body of martyred Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as the Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), is borne, 10 February 1948, in New Delhi, for the ceremony of cremation. Almost one million people took part in the Mahatma Gandhi’s funeral procession to reach the cremation grounds near New Delhi and mourn their leader, slain by an assassins bullets as he walked to prayer at Birla House. (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)
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Indian political and spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, 78, was shot and killed in New Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist.

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