Just curious

didnt he die of old age?

Originally posted by ChaoticThoughts
didnt he die of old age?

No, he was assassinated.

Im fairly certain it was Cosmo that whacked him. Though undoubtably he will deny it as a fabrication by the liberal media :rolleyes:

Here ya go
The Hindus, the Sikhs and the others found their lives unsafe in Pakistan. There was no end to their miseries. Their houses were looted, women were abducted; there were forced marriages and forced conversions. Thousands of men, women and children were killed. Millions of people left Pakistan on their way to India as refugees leaving behind all their possessions. Thousands died on the way out of starvation, disease and massacre. An equal number of the Muslims were fleeing into Pakistan from India on foot.

Riots broke out in Delhi. Gandhiji saw that the Muslims in Delhi were inhumanly treated. He decided to fast unto death. He poured out his heart in the prayer-meetings: `This makes me hang my head in shame. Oh God, give me strength!'

He commenced his fast on January 13, 1948. The fast at the age of 78! There was deep gloom all over the country. The whole world watched. Finally, on the sixth day, a pact was signed assuring peace between the two communities, and Gandhiji broke his fast.

But some fanatic Hindus did not like this. They thought that Gandhiji was unjustly favouring the Muslims. One of these people threw a bomb at Gandhiji in his prayer meeting at Birla House, on January 20. The bomb missed the target and exploded on a garden-wall which was soon in ruins. Gandhiji was not the least disturbed. He continued his prayer-meeting as if nothing had happened. Somebody told him: `Bapuji, a bomb exploded!'
`Really?' said Gandhiji, `perhaps some poor fanatic threw it. Let no one look down on him!

"Death is our true friend. It is our ignorance that makes us suffer."
From Gandhiji's last letter dated 30-1-48

Ten days after this, Gandhiji was coming to his prayer-meeting at five in the evening on 30-1-1948. Suddenly a young man pretending to seek his blessings made a small bow, raised a pistoal and shot at him thrice in quick succession. All the bullets hit him. Gandhiji fell uttering Rama! Rama! He was dead.

The whole world experienced a big shock at the death of Gandhiji. The whole world mourned his death, paid him glowing tributes and hailed him as one who will never die.

The dead body of Gandhiji was taken out in a five mile long funeral procession to the banks of the Yamuna and was cremated there. This place is known as Rajghat. There stands the Samadhi of Gandhiji. From all over the world, people come here to pay homage to Gandhiji. The ashes of Gandhiji's body were thrown in all the sacred rivers in India. Thousands of memorials are erected all over the country. Seldom there will be any town without having a road named after Gandhiji. But the message which Gandhiji wished to give to the world is ill-conveyed by these numerous memorials, because Gandhiji himself said: `My life is my message!' Let us always keep this in mind.

Nehruji broadcast to the country, his voice choked with emotion: `The light has gone out and there is darkness everywhere. Our beloved leader, Bapu as we called him the father of the Nation, is no more. The light has gone out, I said, and yet I was wrong. For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. That light will illumine this country for many more years, and a thousand years later that light will still be seen in this country, and the world will see it and it will give solace to innumerable hearts.'

Albert Einstein, one of the world's greatest scientists paid a tribute to Gandhiji in these words: `Generations to come, it may be, will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.'

I found the part in bold particularly cool.

yeah but who was the dude who shot him?

Originally posted by DaOgre
yeah but who was the dude who shot him?

No one of importance. Some dum**** hindu.

For some reason I thought a neo-nazi shot him...so in improv the other night when they tried to have me get ghandi I did a little nazi bit that no one understood...then they told me he starved to death, and someone else said some british dude shot him...

so it matters to me damnit

Originally posted by DaOgre
For some reason I thought a neo-nazi shot him...so in improv the other night when they tried to have me get ghandi I did a little nazi bit that no one understood...then they told me he starved to death, and someone else said some british dude shot him...

so it matters to me damnit

Lemme do some more research...

Some hindu dum****

a Hindu fanatic, Naturam Godse, blaming Gandhi for partition and "betraying" Hindus, shot Gandhi at a prayer meeting in Delhi. This was a tragic end for a man dedicated to non-violence.

Originally posted by Manu
Some hindu dum****


I sense hostility, Manu. Didn't know you felt strongly about this topic.

Killing really good people, tends to piss people off. Go figure the ******* would do it for religious reasons :rolleyes:

a Hindu fanatic named Godse shot Gandhi, in 1948, i think
he was upset at Gandhi's attempts to bring peace between the hindus and Muslims

yes nathuran godse was a hindu fanatic. gandhi was just taking a walk talking to all the common people gathered as usual and he just came out of nowhere , just put a garland around his neck and just took out and gun and shot him.........gandhi just said the words "hey ram" before he died. happened on Jan 30 1948

This all shows that there are fanatics of every religious persuasion.

Reminds me of that idiot who killed Issak Rabin.

Doesn't matter if they are Hindu, Muslim, Christian or whatever. Religious freaks (people who take literal views of religious text and use it to carry on acts of violence upon others and quote their beliefs as the basis of their actions) are all the same.

a Hindu fanatic named Godse shot Gandhi, in 1948, i think
he was upset at Gandhi's attempts to bring peace between the hindus and Muslims
he wasn't upset because of gandhi's attempt to bring peace b/w hindus and muslims
it was because of the reason that godse thought
gandhi was responsible for the partition of india into pakistan and india
n creating a rift b/w hindus and muslims
well may be this link may clear up some doubts
http://www.globalwebpost.com/farooqm/writings/other/azad/india_wins.htm

The movie is amazing and really shows you what Ghandi was all about. Here is the info you were looking for though...

On Jan. 30, 1948, Gopal Godse was a 28-year-old storekeeper at an Indian Army barracks in Pune. At 6 p.m., All-India Radio announced that a lone gunman in New Delhi had shot and killed Mohandas K. Gandhi, the 79-year-old apostle of nonviolence who led India to independence from Britain at midnight on Aug. 14, 1947.

The assassination stunned India but came as no surprise to Godse. The assassin, Nathuram Godse, was his older brother. The two men had been active in the Hindu nationalist movement since the 1930s and had planned the assassination along with several others.

Their purpose was to punish Gandhi, a Hindu, for his evenhanded attitude toward Muslims -- in particular for acquiescing in Britain's partition of India into the separate nations of India and Pakistan.

Gandhi was killed with three pistol shots to the chest as he walked to an evening prayer meeting at an industrialist's house where he stayed during his sojourns in New Delhi.

Nathuram Godse was sentenced to death for the killing and hanged on Nov. 15, 1949. Another conspirator, Narayan Apte, found by the court to have been the mastermind of the plot, was hanged beside him. Four men, including Gopal Godse, were sentenced to life in prison. He was released on parole after 18 years in 1967.

Long live Sindi's and what was once upon a time, SIND.
I doubt many will understand why i say this but history tells you all about it.

Gandi was a peaceful man and only wanted everyone to get on well, it isnt possible.