Nathuram Godse gets a website on his 66th death anniversary

The ABHM launched the website in Meerut to commemorate the day Mahatma Gandhi's killer was hanged -- November 15, 1949

Meerut: Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha launched a website, www.nathuramgodse.in, to commemorate November 15 as Balidan Diwas. Nathuram Godse was hanged to death on November 15, 1949 for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Nathuram Godse

According to Munna Kumar Sharma, national general secretary of the Hindu Mahasabha, the website is a tribute to the “real forgotten hero” and would serve as an information base about Godse’s deeds.

The website went live yesterday and has a six-member team to operate it. The home page of the website has a statement from Nathuram Godse that states his reasons for taking the ultimate step of killing Gandhi.

The statement says, “The Congress, which had boasted of its nationalism and socialism, secretly accepted Pakistan and abjectly surrendered to Jinnah.”

It further adds, “I do not desire any mercy to be shown to me. I did fire shots at Gandhiji in open daylight. I did not make any attempt to run away; in fact I never entertained any idea of running away. I did not try to shoot myself for, it was my ardent desire to give vent to my thoughts in an open court.”

Pandit Ashok Sharma, national vice-president, Hindu Mahasabha, said that they would soon approach the President of India to include Nathuram Godse’s life history in school textbooks. A memorandum has been prepared and will be sent soon, he added.

The Hindu Mahasabha, Hindu Sena and Maharana Pratap Battalion yesterday organised a program to commemorate Godse’s death anniversary as Shaurva Diwas in Panvel near Mumbai. Godse assassinated the Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on January 30, 1948.

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