We have studied Nathuram Godse as a fanatic or a mentally unstable person. But a few questions are to be raised, a few of them still unanswered..
1.Why Nathuram Godse killed Gandhi ji in public? Little known fact is he met Gandhi ji on 30th January morning, when he was alone accompanied only by Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s grand daughter. He could have killed him easily then and flee.
2.Why he did not try to escape on killing Gandhi ji? And instead surrendered himself to the police?
3.Why were the trial statements of Godse not made public for a long period of time?
4.Had he been mentally unstable and fanatic, why he pushed aside the girl accompanying Gandhi ji out of the line of shoot, minimizing the danger to the girl’s life?
5.The biggest question, why he killed Gandhi ji?
Nathu Ram Godse
athuram Godse was a well educated man, and had his own newspaper with the name “Agrani”. He was calm during his court trials and his statements were well composed, in which he never spoke ill of Ghandhi ji as a person. He was against casteism and attended several rallies and meetings to oppose the same. He also worked with Hindu refugees during partition. He saw the miserable plite of women, bleeding small children but never hurt even a single Muslim in India. Which clears the doubt of him being mentally unstable ora Hindu fanatic. Then why he had to take a drastic step of killing Gandhi ji..
Its roots can be traced back to 1947, the time during which country had to face the bitter wound of partition. And the people held responsible for this were Muslim league, headed by Jinnah and The Congress. And it’s a well known fact that Gandhi ji and Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru were the people having the most prominent influence over the Congress. Any decision of congress was influenced by Gandhi ji and it is hard to believe that hi did not have any involvement in the partition decision.
The final nail, however, was struck on 13th January,1948.
Pakistan had demanded a sum of 55 crores, a huge sum at that time for the newly formed state of India.Majority of congress leaders were opposed to give the money to Pakistan and central government turned down the demand. But Gandhi ji started a fast unto death, due to which, government had to sanction the sum to Pakistan. And on this date, Godse took the decision to kill Gandhi ji (it iwas described in the editorial of Agrani).
It is right that Gandhi ji had a leading role in the independence of India. But could the country have become free, solely on principles of non-violence, I don’t think so. In the words of Bhagat Singh”If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very large”. Due to being overshadowed by Gandhi ji’s policy, Subhash Chandra Bose had to work his plans outside from India. Had it not been the acts by Bhagat Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, S.C.Bose and many more, we might had to be in the claws of British for much more time.
People involved in Ghandi ji's assasination
I am not opposed to Gandhi ji as a person. He had served the country selflessely and is truly a great figure. But what I am opposing is his policies. Can causing self destruction through non-violence shake a non sensitive government of britishers? Is it right for a person to go against a decision, which is supported by a vast majority of people.
It is a little known fact that Pakistan had demanded a corridor from Pakistan to now Bangladesh via Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, over which, Indian government would exercise no control whatsoever. Which was rejected after Gandhi ji’s death. Had Gandhi ji supported this cause also, would the country be same as it is now?
Questions are many, but answers are lost. I am not saying what Nathuram Godse did was acceptable but may be it was the call of the hour. He was not a fanatic, mentally unstable person and definitely not a traitor by any means. He killed Gandhi ji in spite of knowing that he would become a nationwide disgrace and would be hanged. But he did it, because he loved India as much as you and I do and did not mind putting nation over a person, if the time asks to do so..
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