why was mohandas gandhi assassinated
Why Gandhi Was Assassinated? Who Killed Mahatma Gandhi? On Jan. 30, 1948, Mohandas Gandhi was shot dead by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. Godse believed that the Mahatma, or the great soul, was responsible for the 1947 partition of India and the creation of Pakistan. Godse and his friend Narayan Apte were hanged.