January 30th



Information

What:
Mahatma Ghandi is assassinated

Where:
New Delhi

Year:
1948

Information and Significance

On January 30th, 1948, Mahatma Ghandi was assassinated in New Delhi. Ghandi was famous for his non-violent method of protest. He first became involved in politics as lawyer in South Africa, who fought for the rights of Indians living there. He peacefully protested British rule with boycotts and hunger strikes, and would be a model for Martin Luther King Jr. Ghandi would also be extremely tolerant of muslims. A Hindu dislike of the large Mulim minority had resulted in the partition of India. Enraged by Ghandi's tolerance, a Hindu extremeist shot and killed Ghandi in the streets of New Delhi/