Flip Side of Mahatma Gandhi

Reasons for killing Mahatma Gandhi:

During the trial justice Khosla had allowed Nathuram Godse

the killer of Gandhi to read his own confession in the court.

However the Indian government had banned the confession of Nathuram.

Nathuram's brother Gopal Godse fought a 60 years legal battle

after which the Supreme Court removed the ban.

Gopal Godse

Nathuram had given 150 reasons for killing Gandhi;

some of which are as follows:

1. In 1919 people of India

wanted General Dyer to be tried for

the Massacre of innocent people at Jalianwalla Baugh .

Gandhi refused to support this demand.

2. Whole of India wanted Gandhi to intervene and save

Bhagat Singh,Rajguru and Sukhdev from the Gallows.

Gandhi stubbornly refused on the grounds

that they were misguided freedom fighters,

and theirs was an act of violence.

3. On 6th May 1946 on public platform, Gandhi asked

Hindus to sacrifice and not fight the members of Muslim league.

In Kerala Muslim league members killed over 1500 Hindus and converted

2000 to Islam. Instead of protesting Gandhi expressed that it was a brave

act of Allah's followers.

4. On several occasions Gandhi called Shivaji, Maha Rana pratap

and Guru Govind Singh as misguided nationalists.

5. Gandhi advised Raja Harisingh of Kashmir to abdicate

as Kashmir had Muslim majority ,and settle down in Kashi.

Raja Harisingh

on the other hand he supported the Nizam (Osman Ali Khan )

of Hyderabad to join Pakistan , even though the state of Hyderabad

(Andhra , Telangana ,Karnataka and Berar) had Hindu majority.

Nizam Osman Ali Khan

Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel however over ruled Gandhi .

When Nehru heard of Patel's police action in Hyderabad

(operation POLO) he disconnected his telephone with Patel.

Nizam surrendering to Patel

6. In 1931 the congress committee on designing of

Indian flag suggested that the flag be only in saffron.

Gandhi insisted changed it to a tri-colour flag.

7. During the Tripura congress , Subhash Chandra Bose

was elected as president with majority however Gandhi

supported Pattabhai Sitaramayya forcing Bose to resign.

8. On 15th June 1947 during congress conclave it was decided to

resist the partition of India but Gandhi went to the meeting at the

last minute and supported the partition.

Infact it was Gandhi who had declared earlier that partition

will take place only over my dead body.

Patel and Nehru

9. Sardar Patel was elected by majority as the

first Prime Minister but Gandhi insisted on Nehru .

10. Nehru government had decided to reconstruct Somnath Mandir

at its cost but Gandhi without even being a member of the ministry

forced the Govt. to reject this proposal .

At the same time on 13th January 1948 he went on a fast to

allow Muslims to repair the mosque in Delhi at govt's cost.

11. When Hindus refugees returned to India after partition,

some of them took shelter in some mosques temporarily .

When Muslims objected ,Gandhi forced all such Hindus children,

ladies and the old to leave the mosque and live on the streets.

12. In October 1947 Pakistan attacked Kashmir ,

Gandhi went on a fast and forced the Indian Govt

to pay Pakistan a compensation of Rs.55 crore.

Gandhi did not mind hurting Hindu feelings

to win over the Indian Muslims.

Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte

were hanged on 15th November 1949

in the Ambala Jail in Punjab.