GODSE VS GANDHI (CONFLICTING IDEALS)

 1: Interesting fact-

History remembers a person as a hero or a villain. 

2:  Now wisely choose who is your hero-

Nathuram Vinayakrao Godse was born in a Maharashtrian family. His father VinayakVamanrao Godse was a postal employee and his mother's name was Laxmi. At birth, he was named Ramachandra. He was a great supporter of Gandhi.

Godse dropped out of high school and became a Hindu activist by joining Rashtriya Swayamseva Sangh. In the 1940s he formed his own organization Hindu Rashtra Dal and left RSS in 1946.

3. Reasons why Godse killed Gandhi

Nathuram Godse had requested the court not to show any mercy to him or anyone begging for mercy on his behalf and that the court should pass orders of sentence that might be proper. He professed that honest writers of history would weigh his act and find the truth behind his decision to assassinate the Mahatma.

 

-Godse felt that the massacre and suffering caused during the partition could have been avoided if Gandhi and the Indian government had acted to stop the killing of the minorities (Hindus and Sikhs) in West and East Pakistan. He stated Gandhi had not protested against these atrocities being suffered by Hindus in Pakistan and had instead resorted to fasts.

-Godse said that Gandhi exploited the feelings of tolerant Hindus with one-sided practices. Gandhi's recent prayer meetings in Hindu temples, said Godse, had started the practice of reading passages from the Quran, despite Hindus protesting this practice. However, according to Godse, Gandhi "dared not read the Gita in a mosque in the teeth of Muslim opposition" and "Gandhi knew what a terrible Muslim reaction would have been if he had done so". Godse alleged that Gandhi knew it is safe to trample on the tolerant Hindu. Godse wanted to show that a Hindu too can be intolerant.

-Godse stated that Gandhi's fast to pressure the Indian government to release the final payment to Pakistan that it had previously frozen because of the war in Kashmir, and the Indian government's subsequent policy reversal, was proof that the Indian government reversed its decision to suit the feelings of Gandhi. (main reason)

-In Kashmir Gandhi said that it should be ruled by a Muslim as it was a Muslim dominant state but  Hyderabad being a Hindu dominant state he did not oppose the leadership of Muslims, quite a hypocrite.

4 Judgement

The trial began on 27 May 1948 and ran for eight months before Justice Atma Charan passed his final order on 10 February 1949. The prosecution called 149 witnesses, the defense none. The court found all of the defendants except one guilty as charged. Eight men were convicted for the murder conspiracy, and others were convicted for violation of the Explosive

Substances Act. Savarkar was acquitted and set free due to lack of evidence. Nathuram Godse and Narayan Apte were sentenced to death by hanging, and the remaining six (including Godse's brother, Gopal) were sentenced to life imprisonment.

5 conclusion

Godse stated he did not oppose Gandhian ahimsa teachings, but Gandhi's talk of religious tolerance and nonviolence had already caused India to cede Pakistan to Muslims, uprooted millions of people from their homes, caused immense violent loss of life and broken families. He believed that if Gandhi was not checked he would bring destruction and more massacres to Hindus. In Godse's opinion, "the only answer to violent aggression was violent self-defense". Godse stated that "Gandhi had betrayed his Hindu religion and culture by supporting Muslims at the expense of Hindus" because his lectures of ahimsa

 (non-violence) were directed at and accepted by the Hindu community only. Godse said I decided all of a sudden to take the extreme step against Gandhi. I did not hate Gandhi, I revered him because we both venerated much in Hindu religion, Hindu history, and Hindu culture, we both were against superstitious aspects and the wrongs in Hinduism. Therefore I bowed before Gandhi when I met him, said Godse, then performed my moral duty and killed Gandhi

In my pov Godse's actions might be wrong but his intentions were clear and in favor of the nation. Now I will let you
choose your hero wisely ..........

 

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