Nathuram Vinayak Godse (19 Mei 1910 – 15 November 1949) adalah pembunuh tunggal Mahatma Gandhi—pemimpin nasionalisme India di India yang dikuasai Britania dan pejuang non-kekerasan—dengan cara menembak Gandhi sebanyak tiga kali pada 30 Januari 1948 di New Delhi. Godse adalah seorang brahmin Chitpavan dan aktivis nasionalis Hindu dari Pune, Maharashtra, yang menjadi anggota Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) dan Hindu Mahasabha.
| Nathuram Vinayak Godse | |
|---|---|
Nathuram Godse di pengadilannya untuk pembunuhan Mahatma Gandhi | |
| Lahir | 19 Mei 1910 Baramati, Distrik Pune, Kepresidenan Bombay, India Britania (sekarang di Maharashtra, India) |
| Meninggal | 15 November 1949 (umur 39) Penjara Ambala, Provinsi Punjab, Dominion India (sekarang di Haryana, India) |
| Sebab meninggal | Hukuman mati dengan cara digantung |
| Kebangsaan | India |
| Dikenal atas | Pembunuhan Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
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Aktor Horst Buchholz memerankan Nathuram Godse dalam film 1963 Nine Hours to Rama.
Dalam film 1982 Gandhi, aktor Harsh Nayyar memerankan Godse.
Beberapa buku mengenai kehidupan Nathuram Godse yang dicekal pemerintah India:
- Gandhi Vadh aur Main (Gandhi Hatya Aani Me), karya Gopal Godse (1967)
- May it Please your Honor!, diterbitkan oleh Surya Bharti, India, (2003)
- Why I assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, diterbitkan oleh Surya Bharti (1993)
- Nine Hours to Rama, Stanley A. Wolpert (1962)
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- Pg 176 - My friends had greeted me, and arranged a small ceremony. Late Shri ... On completion he published the series in a book form titled 'Gandhi Hatya Ani Mee' (Gandhi assassination and I) in October 1967. The Government being allergic to the truth which exposed their falsehood, banned the book two months later.
- - The axe was to fall on the Marathi memoirs of Gopal Godse. ... and "spurned", he decided to publish his memoirs.6 It was immediately banned in several parts of India and copies of the book forefeited to the State.
- Frontline - Google Boeken. Books.google.com. 1998-05. Diakses tanggal 2014-01-30.
- Charisma and Commitment in South Asian History: Essays Presented to Stanley ... - Google Books. Books.google.com. 2004. ISBN 9788125026419. Diakses tanggal 2014-01-30.
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- Time Magazine's February 2000 interview of Gopal Godse 2011-02-20 di Wayback Machine.
- Article discussing Why Godse Killed Gandhi 2018-03-16 di Wayback Machine.
- Rediff's January 1998 interview of Gopal Godse
- Article discussing pro-Godse play
- Eyewitness to Gandhi assassination 2008-02-03 di Wayback Machine.
- Eyewitness: Mahatma Gandhi Assassination di YouTube
- First Information Report (FIR) by police 2013-01-11 di Wayback Machine.
- "An Assassin Speaks written by Gopal Godse, narrations Navneet singh"