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Historical Event on 1/30/1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the spiritual leader of Indian independence, was shot and killed by a Hindu extremist. The 78-year-old Gandhi was shot at point-blank range as he was walking through a garden to a pergola, where he was to deliver his daily prayer meeting.

Other Historical Dates and Events
2/23/1932The N. W. Frontier province is created.
10/4/1953India elected to the UN Trusteeship Council.
4/4/1947San Francisco's Henry Grady chosen the first U.S. ambassador to India.
12/10/1989Janardan Swami passed away.
4/28/1952The war between Japan and India ended.
11/7/1907Murlidhar Shankar Deshpande, journalist and social worker, was born at Kadanachi Girvi Phaltan, Maharashtra.
8/1/1997Viswanathan Anand wins the Credit Suisse Masters chess tournament in Beil.
1/22/2000India retains the golf title in the SAARC championship in Dhaka.
2/10/1944Japanese troops take the Ngakyedauk Pass, cutting off the 7th Indian Division at Sinzweya, Burma.
3/22/1964200 die in communal violence in the industrial towns of Jamshedpur and Rourkela.