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eventREF E-0011705Revised

30 January 1948

Mohandas (aka Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in New Delhi, India

Updated
30 Sep 2019

How we know this

  1. 01Britannica.com ,"Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi",From: Britannica.com   ,[Online], Available at: britannica.com,[Accessed: 20 December 2013]
  2. 02Joyce, P (1999). A Concise Dictionary of South African Biography, Francolin Publishers, Cape Town, p96.

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Mohandas (aka Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in New Delhi, India. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011705

South African History Online (2011) 'Mohandas (aka Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in New Delhi, India', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011705 (Accessed: 12 November 2026).

South African History Online, Mohandas (aka Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in New Delhi, India [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011705, (accessed 12 November 2026).

"Mohandas (aka Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in New Delhi, India." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011705. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

South African History Online. "Mohandas (aka Mahatma) Karamchand Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu nationalist in New Delhi, India." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011705.

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