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Jawaharlal Nehru

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The Coroner’s Report June 27, 2026 · Birla House, New Delhi

The Three Pistol Shots Fired Into Mohandas Gandhi at a Delhi Prayer Meeting on 30 January 1948 by a Hindu Nationalist Who Believed Gandhi Had Conceded Too Much to Pakistan

Mohandas Gandhi was shot dead at 5:17 p.m. on 30 January 1948 in the garden of Birla House, New Delhi, by Nathuram Godse. Godse fired three rounds at point-blank range. Gandhi died within 30 minutes. Godse was a Hindu nationalist activist who blamed Gandhi for the August 1947 Partition concessions to Muslim Pakistan.

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The Cabinet June 27, 2026 · Wagah border, Punjab

The Partition of British India on 14-15 August 1947 That Killed Up to 2 Million in the Largest Population Displacement of the Twentieth Century

British India was partitioned into the Dominion of Pakistan (14 August 1947) and the Dominion of India (15 August 1947). The communal violence that accompanied the partition killed up to 2 million Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs across northwest and northeast India. Approximately 14-18 million people were displaced — the largest forced migration of the twentieth century.

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