Mahatma Gandhi

Why is in news? PM pays tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his Punya Tithi at Rajghat

Martyr’s Day is observed on 30th January every year in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi and his contributions to the nation.

23rd March is also observed as Martyr's Day to pay tribute to three revolutionaries of India namely Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, at Porbandar in Gujarat and died on January 30, 1948, at Gandhi Smriti, New Delhi.

He was assassinated by Nathuram Godse in the Birla House during his evening prayers.

He was a lawyer, politician, social activist, writer and became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India.

He is considered the Father of the Nation.

Gandhi and his ideologies played an important role in liberating India from the British.

Nathuram Godse was a Chitpavan Brahmin from Pune, Maharashtra, and a Hindu nationalist.

The Mahatma Gandhi murder trial began in May 1948 in Delhi’s famed Red Fort, with Godse as the lead defendant and his accomplice Narayan Apte, as well as six additional people, being considered co-defendants.

On November 8, 1949, Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte received a death penalty

Despite Manilal Gandhi and Ramdas Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi’s two sons, pleading for commutation, they were rejected by Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, the deputy prime minister, and Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, the governor-general of India.

On November 15, 1949, Nathuram Godse and Apte were executed at the Ambala prison.