1948 newspaper DEATH of MAHATMA GANDHI in INDIA - ASSASSINATED by HINDU fanatic. Godse had planned the assassination with others from various backgrounds, including a refugee from the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. 1948 newspaper with the DEATH of MAHATMA GANDHI FUNERAL in INDIA - He was ASSASSINATED by a HINDU fanatic - inv # 4S-301. 1948 newspaper with the DEATH of MAHATMA GANDHI FUNERAL in INDIA - He was ASSASSINATED by a HINDU fanatic  -  inv # 4S-301 SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the Mobile Press-Register (AL) dated Feb 1, 1948.  This newspaper contains a front page heading and report on the DEATH and funeral of MAHATMA GANDHI in INDIA. Gandhi was shot dead by a Hindu fanatic on Jan 30, 1948. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 in the compound of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi. His assassin was Nathuram Vinayak Godse, a right wing advocate of Hindu nationalism, a member of the political party the Hindu Mahasabha, and a former member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Godse had planned the assassination with others from various backgrounds, including a refugee from the Partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. Gandhi had just walked up the low steps to the raised lawn behind Birla House where he conducted his multi-faith prayer meetings every evening. Godse stepped out from the crowd flanking the path leading to the dais and into Gandhi's way, firing three bullets at point-blank range. Gandhi instantly fell to the ground. Gandhi was carried back to his room in Birla house from where a representative emerged some time later to announce that he had died. The Gandhi murder trial opened in May 1948 in Delhi's historic Red Fort, with Godse the main defendant, and his collaborator Narayan Apte and six others as the co-defendants. According to Markovits (2004), Godse tried to "use the courtroom as a political forum by reading a long declaration in which he attempted to justify his crime. He accused Gandhi of complacence towards Muslims, blamed him for the sufferings of Partition, and generally criticized his subjectivism and pretension to a monopoly of the truth." According to Mallot (2012), Godse blamed Gandhi for continuing to appease Muslims in a manner "that my blood boiled and I could tolerate him no longer". The trial was rushed through, the haste sometimes attributed to the home minister Vallabhbhai Patel's desire "to avoid scrutiny for the failure to prevent the assassination." The trial was public, but the statement that Nathuram Godse gave during the trial on why he killed Gandhi was immediately banned by the Indian government. Godse and Apte were sentenced to death on 8 November 1949. They were hanged in the Ambala jail on 15 November 1949. Good condition. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it. STEPHEN A. GOLDMAN HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS stands behind all of the items that we sell with a no questions asked, money back guarantee. Every item we sell is an original newspaper printed on the date indicated at the beginning of its description. U.S. buyers pay  priority mail postage which includes waterproof plastic and a heavy cardboard flat to protect your purchase from damage in the mail. International postage is quoted when we are informed as to where the package is to be sent. We do combine postage (to reduce postage costs) for multiple purchases sent in the same package.   We list thousands of rare newspapers with dates from 1570 through 2004 on Ebay each week. This is truly SIX CENTURIES OF HISTORY that YOU CAN OWN!  Stephen A. Goldman Historical Newspapers has been in the business of buying and selling historical newspapers for over 45 years. Dr. Goldman is a consultant to the Freedom Forum Newseum and a member of the American Antiquarian Society. You can buy with confidence from us, knowing that we stand behind all of our historical items with a 100% money back guarantee. Let our 45+ years of experience work for YOU ! We have hundreds of thousands of historical newspapers (and their very early precursors) for sale.