:Nathuram Godse

{{Infobox criminal

| name = Nathuram Vinayak Godse

| image = Nathuram godse.jpg

| alt = Nathuram Godse

| caption = Godse at his trial for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948

| birth_name = Ramachandra Vinayak Godse

| birth_date = {{birth date|1910|5|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Baramati, Bombay Presidency, British India
{{small|(present-day Maharashtra, India)}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1949|11|15|1910|5|19|df=yes}}

| death_place = Ambala Central Jail, East Punjab, India

| death_cause = Strangulation due to botched execution by hanging{{sfn|Nash|1981|p=69}}

| organization = Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Hindu Mahasabha

| criminal_penalty = Death

| known_for = Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

| victims = Mahatma Gandhi

| weapon = Beretta M 1934 semi-automatic pistol

| apprehended =

| date = 30 January 1948

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|name = Nathuram Vinayak Godse

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|relatives = Gopal Godse (brother)

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| conviction = Murder

| conviction_status = Executed

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Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 May 1910 – 15 November 1949) ({{Pronunciation|Nathuram Godse.wav|help=no}}) was an Indian Hindu nationalist and political activist who was the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi.{{citation| last =Howlett | first =Charles F. | editor1-last=Ryan|editor1-first=James Gilbert|editor2-last=Schlup|editor2-first=Leonard C.|title = Historical Dictionary of the 1940s| chapter=Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand|publisher = Routledge| year=2015|orig-year=2006| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=w3usBwAAQBAJ| access-date = 30 January 2022| url-access=limited|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w3usBwAAQBAJ&pg=PT296| pages = |location=London and New York|isbn=978-0-7656-0440-8|quote=Because of Gandhi's sensitivity to India's Muslim minority, he was blamed for the partition. In January 1948, in New Delhi, he was assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a militant Hindu nationalist.}}{{sfn|Hardiman|2003|pp=174–176}} He shot Gandhi in the chest three times at point blank range at a multi-faith prayer meeting in Birla House in New Delhi on 30 January 1948.{{Cite book|last1=Cush|first1=Denise|last2=Robinson|first2=Catherine|last3=York|first3=Michael|title=Encyclopedia of Hinduism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_T0HeWE-EAC&pg=PA544|access-date=31 August 2013|year=2008|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-7007-1267-0|page=544|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012221104/http://books.google.com/books?id=i_T0HeWE-EAC&pg=PA544|archive-date=12 October 2013}} Quote: "The apotheosis of this contrast is the assassination of Gandhi in 1948 by a militant Nathuram Godse, on the basis of his 'weak' accommodationist approach towards the new state of Pakistan." (p. 544){{cite news|last1=Noorani|first1=A.G.|title=The BJP and Nathuram Godse|url=http://www.frontline.in/books/the-bjp-and-nathuram-godse/article4328688.ece|access-date=4 July 2017|publisher=Frontline|date=8 February 2013}}

Godse was a member of the political party, the Hindu Mahasabha;{{sfn|Nash|1981|p=69}} and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary volunteer organization;{{sfn|Hansen|1999a|p=249}} and a popularizer of the work of his mentor Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, who had created the ideology of Hindutva.{{citation| editor1-last=McDermott|editor1-first=Rachel Fell|editor2-last=Gordon|editor2-first=Leonard A.|editor3-last=Embree|editor3-first=Ainslie T.|editor4-last=Pritchett|editor4-first=Frances W.|editor5-last=Dalton|editor5-first=Dennis|title = Sources of Indian traditions: Modern India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh| chapter=Mahatma Gandhi and Responses|publisher = Columbia University Press; total pages 1024| place = New York| volume = 2| edition = 3rd| year = 2014| chapter-url =https://books.google.com/books?id=w8qJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA439 | access-date = January 30, 2022| chapter-url-access=limited|pages = 338–452; 439|isbn=978-0-231-51092-9|quote=Nathuram Godse (1910–1949), though rarely discussed in histories of modern India ranks among its significant figure, if only as the assassin of Gandhi and popularizer of the teachings of his own mentor, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, the inventor of 'Hindutva.' As early as 1927, Savarkar had ridiculed the philosopy of non-violence ...}}

Godse had two unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Mahatma Gandhi in 1944 before he succeeded the third time.{{cite book | last=Newton | first=M. | title=Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia [2 volumes] | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2014 | isbn=978-1-61069-286-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F4-dAwAAQBAJ | access-date=2023-01-30 | page=167}} After the 1948 assassination, Godse claimed Gandhi favoured the political demands of British India's Muslims during the partition of India of 1947.{{sfn|Markovits|2004|p=57}}{{sfn|Mallot|2012|pp=75–76}} Soon after Mahatma Gandhi had fallen from the fatal shots at the prayer meeting, and while the attendant crowd was in shock, Godse was grasped and restrained by Herbert Reiner Jr., a vice-consul at the new American embassy in Delhi who was also attending; eventually, Godse was taken away by the police. Godse had plotted the assassination with Narayan Apte and six others. After a trial that lasted over a year, Godse was sentenced to death on 8 November 1949. Although pleas for clemency were made by Gandhi's two sons, Manilal Gandhi and Ramdas Gandhi, they were turned down by India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, deputy prime minister Vallabhbhai Patel, and Governor-General Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, and Godse was executed at the Ambala Central Jail on 15 November 1949.

Early life

Nathuram Vinayakrao Godse was born into a Maharashtrian Chitpavan Brahmin family.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1drfCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA168 |title=History and the Making of a Modern Hindu Self |first=Aparna |last=Devare |access-date=2016-09-09|isbn=9781136197086 |date=3 April 2013 |publisher=Routledge }} His father, Vinayak Vamanrao Godse, was a postal employee; his mother was Lakshmi (née Godavari). At birth, he was named Ramachandra.{{cite web|url=http://www.nathuram.com/early-life/|title=Early life | Nathuram Godse|publisher=Nathuram.com|access-date=30 January 2014}} Nathuram was given his name due to his parents' fear that a curse targeted their male children, caused by the loss of their three previous sons. Young Ramachandra was therefore brought up as a girl for the first few years of his life, including having his nose pierced and being made to wear a nose-ring (nath in Marathi). It was then that he earned the nickname "Nathuram" (literally "Ram with a nose-ring"). After his younger brother was born, they switched to treating him as a boy.{{Cite book|title=India, Rebellion to Republic: Selected Writings, 1857–1990|last=Jeffrey|first=Robin|year=1990|publisher=Sterling Publishers|page=105}}

Godse attended the local school at Baramati through the fifth standard, after which he was sent to live with an aunt in Pune so that he could study at an English-language school.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}

Political career and beliefs

File:Nathuram.jpg. Standing (L to R): Shankar Kistaiya, Gopal Godse, Madan Lal Pahwa, Digambar Ramchandra Badge. Seated (L to R): Narayan Apte, Vinayak D. Savarkar, Nathuram Godse, Vishnu Karkare]]

Godse dropped out of high school and became an activist with Hindu nationalist organisations Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS; National Volunteer Organisation) and Hindu Mahasabha, although the exact dates of his membership are uncertain.The Hindu (18 August 2004). [https://web.archive.org/web/20040905230837/http://www.hindu.com/2004/08/18/stories/2004081805151100.htm] "RSS releases 'proof' of its innocence". Retrieved 26 June 2007IANS, [http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rss-denies-godse-was-its-member-rebuts-cong-claim_677631.html RSS denies Godse was its member, rebuts Cong claim], Zee News, 30 December 2010

RSS membership

Godse joined RSS in Sangli (Maharashtra) in 1932 as a boudhik karyawah (ground worker), and simultaneously remained a member of the Hindu Mahasabha, both right-wing organisations. He often wrote articles in newspapers to publicise his thoughts. During this time, Godse and M. S. Golwalkar, later RSS chief, often worked together, and they translated Babarao Savarkar's book "Rashtra Mimansa" into English. They had a falling out when Golwalkar took the entire credit for this translation.{{Citation needed|reason=story needs verification|date=November 2017}} In the early 1940s, Godse formed his own organisation, "Hindu Rashtra Dal"{{cite book|last=Hansen|first=Thomas Blom|author-link=Thomas Blom Hansen|title=The Saffron Wave: Democracy and Hindu Nationalism in Modern India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SAqn3OIGE54C&pg=PA249|year=1999|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=1-4008-2305-6|page=249}} on the Vijayadashami day of 1942,{{cite news|title=EXPOSED: The Hindu Rashtra Dal: Inside India's most violent far right groups|url=https://www.indianewsco.com/exposed-the-hindu-rashtra-dal-inside-indias-most-violent-far-right-groups|access-date=21 April 2023|publisher=India News Co.|date=6 November 2014}} though he continued to remain a member of the RSS and Hindu Mahasabha.{{cite news|last1=Venugopal|first1=Vasudha|title=Nathuram Godse never left RSS, says his family|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nathuram-godse-never-left-rss-says-his-family/articleshow/54159375.cms|access-date=4 July 2017|publisher=Economic times|date=8 September 2016}}

In 1946, Godse claimed to have left the RSS and moved to the Hindu Mahasabha over the issue of the partition of India. However, historical sources do not corroborate this claim; an investigation published by The Caravan in January 2020 revealed that up until his final days, Godse was listed as a member in records kept by the RSS of meetings that took place long after he was supposed to have left the organisation.{{cite web |last1=Jha |first1=Dhirendra K. |title=The Apostle of Hate |url=https://caravanmagazine.in/reportage/historical-record-expose-lie-godse-left-rss |website=The Caravan |publisher=Delhi Press |access-date=8 January 2020}} His family has also said that he had never left the RSS, highlighting that he held membership at the RSS as well as the Hindu Mahasabha.{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nathuram-godse-never-left-rss-says-his-family/articleshow/54159375.cms|title=Nathuram Godse never left RSS, says his family|first=Vasudha|last=Venugopal|date=8 September 2016|newspaper=The Economic Times}} Godse's 1946 claim is also refuted by his first deposition in Marathi after he assassinated Gandhi, where he says that while he did join the Hindu Mahasabha, "I remained active in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh."

Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

In May 1944, Godse attempted to assassinate Gandhi with a knife. He led a group of 15 to 20 young men who rushed at Gandhi during a prayer meeting at Panchgani. Godse and his group was prevented by the crowds from reaching Gandhi. He was released due to Gandhi's own policy of declining to press criminal charges.

In September 1944, Godse again led another group to block Gandhi's passage from Sevagram to Mumbai. This time Godse was arrested with a dagger and he uttered threats to kill Gandhi. He was released again owing to Gandhi's policy of not pressing criminal charges.

At 05:05 pm on 30 January 1948, as Gandhi made his way to a prayer meeting on a raised lawn behind Birla House, a mansion in New Delhi, where he was staying, Godse stepped out of the crowd flanking his path to the dais. He fired three bullets into Gandhi's chest. Gandhi fell immediately, sending the attendant crowd into a state of shock.{{citation|last1=Pronko|first1=N. H.|last2=Bowles|first2=J. W.|title=Empirical Foundations Of Psychology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dfaAAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA343|year=2013|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-136-32708-7|page=343}} Herbert Reiner Jr., a 32-year-old vice-consul at the new American embassy in Delhi, was the first to rush forward and grasp Godse by the shoulders, spinning him into the arms of some military personnel, who disarmed him.{{citation|date=May 26, 2000|last=Obituary, May 26|title=Herbert Reiner Jr.; Captured Gandhi's killer|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-26-me-34297-story.html|access-date=January 27, 2017}} Reiner then held Godse by the neck and shoulders until he was taken away by the military and police.{{citation|date=21 May 2000|last=Obituary, May 21|title=Herbert Reiner Jr., Diplomat, 83; Captured Gandhi's killer in 1948|newspaper=The Boston Globe}}{{citation|last=Trumbull|first=Robert|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 31, 1948|title=Gandhi is killed by a Hindu; India shaken; World mourns; 15 die in rioting in Bombay|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0130.html#article}} Reiner reported later that in the moments before he apprehended him, Godse looked a little stunned at how easily he had carried out his plan.{{citation|last=Stratton|first=Roy Olin|title=SACO, the Rice Paddy Navy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oTFNAQAAMAAJ|year=1950|publisher=C. S. Palmer Publishing Company|pages=40–42}} Gandhi was taken back to his room in Birla House, where he died soon thereafter.{{cite web |url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEL20060206033504 |title=Controversy over "Hey Ram" |access-date=2013-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201073017/http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEL20060206033504 |archive-date=1 February 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Trial and execution

Godse was put on trial at the Punjab High Court, at Peterhoff, Shimla. On 8 November 1949, he was sentenced to death. Although pleas for commutation were made by Gandhi's two sons, Manilal Gandhi and Ramdas Gandhi, they were turned down by India's prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, deputy prime minister Vallabhbhai Patel and Governor-General Chakravarti Rajagopalachari,{{citation|last=Gandhi|first=Rajmohan|title=Gandhi: The Man, His People, and the Empire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FauJL7LKXmkC&pg=PA660|year=2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-25570-8|page=660}} and Godse was hanged at Ambala Central Jail on 15 November 1949.{{citation|last=Bandyopadhyay|first=Sekhar|title=Decolonization in South Asia: Meanings of Freedom in Post-independence West Bengal, 1947–52|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Qd5AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA146|year=2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-01824-6|page=146}}

Aftermath

Millions of Indians mourned Gandhi's assassination; the Hindu Mahasabha was vilified and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was temporarily banned.

The RSS has consistently denied any connection with Godse. It has maintained that Godse "left RSS in the mid-1930s".{{Cite web |date=2023-11-21 |title=RSS denies Godse was its member, rebuts Cong claim {{!}} India News {{!}} Zee News |url=https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rss-denies-godse-was-its-member-rebuts-cong-claim_677631.html |access-date=2024-09-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121001602/https://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rss-denies-godse-was-its-member-rebuts-cong-claim_677631.html |archive-date=21 November 2023 }} However, Nathuram Godse's brother Gopal Godse stated that all the Godse brothers were members of the RSS at the time of the assassination and blamed the RSS for disowning them.{{cite web|url=http://www.frontline.in/books/the-bjp-and-nathuram-godse/article4328688.ece|title=The BJP and Nathuram Godse|author=A.G. Noorani|work=Frontline}} The other members of the Godse family too have denied that he ever left the RSS. He remained in the position of boudhik karyawah (intellectual worker) in the RSS till his death.{{Cite web |last=Rajagopal |first=Arvind |date=2015-03-17 |title=Resurrecting Godse: what Gopal had to say about his brother Nathuram |url=https://scroll.in/article/714090/resurrecting-godse-what-gopal-had-to-say-about-his-brother-nathuram |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Scroll.in |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2013-01-23 |title=The BJP and Nathuram Godse |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/the-bjp-and-nathuram-godse/article4328688.ece |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Frontline |language=en}}

Attempts at image rehabilitation

Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy (This is Nathuram Godse Speaking) is a two-act play written in the Marathi language by Pradeep Dalvi.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Political-drama-surrounds-play-on-Nathuram-Godse/Article1-658335.aspx|title=Political drama surrounds play on Nathuram Godse|last=Kurian|first=Susamma|date=2011-02-04|publisher=HT Media|accessdate=9 April 2012|location=New Delhi|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130324235733/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Political-drama-surrounds-play-on-Nathuram-Godse/Article1-658335.aspx|archivedate=24 March 2013}} It is based on the book May It Please Your Honour written by Gopal Godse. According to Karline McLain, the play "enacts Godse's defense plea" and thus "explores the assassination of Gandhi and the trial of Godse from Godse's point of view.{{cite book|author=Karline McLain|title=India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4-Su0whKa0C&pg=PA192|accessdate=10 April 2012|date=11 February 2009|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=978-0-253-22052-3|pages=192}}

In 2014, following the Bharatiya Janata Party's rise to power, the Hindu Mahasabha began attempts to rehabilitate Godse and portray him as a patriot. It requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to install a bust of Godse. It created a documentary film Desh Bhakt Nathuram Godse (Patriot Nathuram Godse) for release on the death anniversary of Gandhi on 30 January 2015.

{{cite news|first=Debobrat|last=Ghose|title=Hindu Mahasabha head speaks to FP: Godse was a 'martyr' and 'patriot'|newspaper=Firstpost|date=21 December 2014|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/hindu-mahasabha-head-speaks-fp-godse-martyr-patriot-1977649.html|access-date=21 December 2014}}

There were attempts to build a temple for Godse and to celebrate 30 January as a Shaurya Diwas ("Bravery Day").{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141224/nation-current-affairs/article/hindu-mahasabha-announces-godse-temple|title=Hindu Mahasabha announces Godse temple|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=24 December 2014}} A civil suit was filed in Pune Court asking for a ban on the documentary film.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pune-court-to-hear-suit-against-godse-film/article6724649.ece|title=Pune court to hear suit against Godse film|author=PTI|newspaper=The Hindu|date=25 December 2014}}

In May 2019, in the lead up to the final phase of Indian elections, BJP's candidate from Bhopal, Pragya Thakur, called Godse a "patriot".{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-nathuram-godse-a-patriot-says-bjp-s-pragya-thakur/story-uq5EU9OWje7r5tmORd7UsK.html|title='Nathuram Godse was a patriot,' says BJP's Pragya Thakur; sparks outrage|date=2019-05-16|website=www.hindustantimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-05-16}} Facing intense backlash, she apologised later.{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/pragya-singh-thakur-nathuram-godse-terrorist-deshbhakt-lok-sabha-elections-kamal-haasan5731029/|title=Under fire, BJP's Pragya Thakur apologises for calling Godse a 'deshbhakt'|date=2019-05-16|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-05-16}}

As Hindutva politics became more widespread in India, there have been attempts to commemorate Godse. The city of Meerut was proposed to be renamed after him but the possibility of such a name change was ruled out by the District Magistrate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/world/asia/india-gandhi-nathuram-godse.html|title=Gandhi's Killer Evokes Admiration as Never Before|last=Yasir|first=Sameer|date=2020-02-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-02-05|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|last=Mamtany|first=Sidhant|date=2019-12-24|title='Meerut will not become Pandit Nathuram Godse Nagar', DM rules out possibility of name change|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/meerut-nathuram-godse-nagar-name-will-not-change-up-government-573743|access-date=2020-06-14|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}

In popular culture

Nine Hours to Rama, Stanley A. Wolpert (1962){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUAVk84xBGUC&q=godse+books+banned&pg=PR10|title=Charisma and Commitment in South Asian History: Essays Presented to Stanley ... - Google Books|access-date=30 January 2014|isbn=9788125026419|year=2004|last1=Long|first1=Roger D.|publisher=Orient Blackswan }}
Gandhi's Assassin. Dhirendra K. Jha (2023){{Cite web |last=Choudhury |first=Samrat |date=2022-04-02 |title=Review: Gandhi's Assassin by Dhirendra K Jha |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/reviewgandhis-assassin-by-dhirendra-k-jha-101648861812409.html |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}
Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh (2023)
''Godse's Children: Hindutva Terror in India (2011)

Notes

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External links

[http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0214/india.godse.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220024339/http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/2000/0214/india.godse.html |date=20 February 2011 }} Time Magazine's February 2000 interview of Gopal Godse
[http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jan/29godse.htm Rediff On The NeT: The Rediff Interview/ Gopal Godse in an exclusive interview on life after Gandhi's assassination] Rediff's January 1998 interview of Gopal Godse
[http://www.mkgandhi-sarvodaya.org/godse.htm Gandhi...Godse Assassination] Article discussing a pro-Godse play
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070216224925/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/30/world/main2415455.shtml] Eyewitness to Gandhi assassination
{{YouTube|34jm36ZloOA|Eyewitness: Mahatma Gandhi Assassination}}
[http://www.kiranbedi.com/gandhifireng.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130111165817/http://www.kiranbedi.com/gandhifireng.htm |date=11 January 2013 }} First Information Report (FIR) by police

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