Sixty seven years after the assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a 'mahatma' to many but really a cunning politician who had mastered the art of manipulating the Indian National Congress and offering simplistic solutions to the most complex problems, apart from coercing others to toe his line by abandoning food, the story of his murder continues to elicit both curiosity and passion. He was not the first leader to be felled by an assassin's bullet, nor is he the only eminent Indian, or South Asian for that matter, to fall victim to an elaborate murder conspiracy.
Thirty-six years after Gandhi was shot dead, Mrs Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her security guards. In between, officers of the Bangladeshi Army killed Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the man whom Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had made Pakistan's Army chief sent him to the gallows after a bogus trial. At a lesser level, Pratap Singh Kairon, described as the "architect of post-independence Punjab", was murdered in 1965; three decades later, another Chief Minister of Punjab, Beant Singh, died when his car was blown up by Khalistani separatists. Rajiv Gandhi died a brutal death when an LTTE suicide bomber pulled the trigger of her explosives-packed belt. Last year Benazir Bhutto was shot dead on the same spot where Liaquat Ali Khan was assassinated on October 16, 1951. Politics is a violent affair in this part of the world.
But Gandhi's assassination was different. Not only were his killers Hindu, they killed a man who had by then come to be regarded at home and abroad as an "apostle of peace" and symbolised the unique doctrine of 'non-violence'. In those early days of freedom, it was unthinkable that anybody would dare raise a finger, leave alone a gun, at Gandhi. Yet Nathuram Vinayak Godse did the unthinkable, with more than a little help from Narayan Apte, Vishnu Karkare, Gopal Godse, Madanlal Pahwa and Digambar Badge. The historic trial that followed - it was held in Delhi's Red Fort -- captured the imagination of the nation, unleashing sympathy and hate for the conspirators in equal measure. Barring Badge, who was either openly spat upon or secretly reviled for turning approver -- turncoats may win reprieve from the state, but they are looked down upon by all.
The first book of any substance on Gandhi's assassination was Stanley Wolpert's Nine Hours to Rama, published in 1962 and promptly banned by the Government of India; the ban still remains in place, although you can order a copy from amazon.com. It's largely an anodyne version of the killing that shocked the entire world, but Wolpert's suggestion that perhaps those responsible for Gandhi's protection failed in their task riled -- and continues to rile -- Government. Nine Hours to Rama was made into an eponymous film by Mark Robson in 1963; DVD versions of the film are also available at amazon.com.
Manohar Malgonkar's book, The Men Who Killed Gandhi, a gripping recreation of India's partition, independence and Gandhi's assassination on January 31, 1948, was first published during Mrs Gandhi's Emergency when manuscripts were cleared by censors who merrily ran their blue pencil through text which probably they could not even comprehend. "This made it incumbent upon me to omit certain vital facts," Malgonkar writes in the introduction to a new and lavishly illustrated edition of the book published by Roli, "such as, for instance, Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar's secret assurance to Mr LB Bhopatkar, that his client, Mr VD Savarkar, had been implicated as a murder suspect on the flimsiest ground." The excised portions find their rightful place in the new edition, as do rare photographs and documents from the National Archives. Nathuram Godse, Apte and their accomplices look remarkably relaxed during the trial, unconcerned about the possibility of being sentenced to death - eventually Godse and Apte were hanged; Karkare, Gopal Godse, Pahwa were sentenced to life imprisonment. They never regretted their deed.
Those were terrible days. Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan were struggling to keep body and soul together. Many of them had lost their loved ones in the partition riots -- women were raped in front of their husbands and children; young girls were abducted; men were disembowelled; trains arrived laden with dead bodies; people fleeing marauders were set upon with ferocious brutality. Madanlal Pahwa, a young refugee, Malgonkar writes, "reached a place called Fazilka, in Indian territory, and discovered that another refugee column in which his father and other relatives had set out, had fared much worse. They had been attacked by Muslim mobs: 'Only 40 or 50 had survived out of 400 or 500...'." Delhi was flooded by nearly one million refugees, all of them desperately looking for food and shelter. They were distraught and traumatised, unable to figure out why their lives had been turned upside down in so gruesome a manner. Nor could they understand the rationale behind protecting Delhi's Muslims. What left them aghast was Gandhi's insistence that Hindu and Sikh refugees should be sent back to Pakistan and Muslims who had left India be brought back. It didn't make sense. Nor did the vicious blood-letting that followed. Meanwhile, Pakistan had launched its mission to smash and grab Jammu & Kashmir and was demanding that India hand over Rs 55 crore, its share of the cash reserve inherited from the departing British colonial Government.
The proverbial last straw was Gandhi's threat to go on a fast to force the Government of India to accept Pakistan's demand. In all fairness, it needs to be recalled that Jawaharlal Nehru was opposed to the idea: He famously declared that giving the money to Pakistan would mean providing it with "sinews of war". The old man was not listening: In the end, Gandhi had his way although people were aghast. But did this gross act of injustice to the people of India and the callous disregard for the sentiments of millions of refugees -- half-a-million people perished in the violence, 12 million were rendered homeless -- justify Nathuram Godse's action? What inspired Narayan Apte, son of a well-known historian and Sanskrit scholar, to decide on January 13 (the day Gandhi declared he would go on a fast to press Pakistan's demand for Rs 55 crore) that he must turn into a killer? What was Madanlal Pahwa's role in the conspiracy? And why did Badge turn approver?
Entire generations have come of age since The Men Who Killed Gandhi was first published. Children are taught in school that Gandhi was killed, not why Godse and Apte and the others did what they did. The new edition of Malgonkar's classic answers this and other questions; it's history brought alive. Read it.
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From: "RSingh305@aol.com" <RSingh305@aol.com>
Sent: Friday, 26 December 2014
Subject: WHY ARE WE AFRAID OF NATHU RAM GODSE?
The Hindu nation is still AFRAID of its finest patriot who acted bravely when the entire lot merely watched and watched, crying & weeping, and mourning the loss of one third of India and the massacres of MILLIONS of Hindus in 1947.
Our leaderless Hindu nation (Gandhi who FAILED to give us a lead, was NO leader but a fake faqir!) was FROZEN (PETRIFIED) and sobbing like infants who see their parents slain by bandits, and nothing was done to save our own kith and kin in Pakistan or ensure their safety from the human BEASTS yelling "Allahu Akbar!" into our ears- day and night.
REMARKABLE SPEECH BY NATHU RAM GODSE, THE GREAT PATRIOT WHO "DESPATCHED" THE COWARD WHOSE WEAKNESS INVITED MUSLIM AGGRESSION (AS WELL AS PARTITION) THAT RESULTED IN THE BREAK UP OF INDIA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyhsvqYXC2c
GANDHI, self professed SECULAR, lived on shamelessly after his UNITED India (AKHAND BHARAT) was forced to surrender FIVE PROVINCES to mad and KILLER ISLAM.
All-India Muslim League then was NO DIFFERENT from Boko Haram, Al Qaida, Taliban and the 'Islamic State' in Syria and Irak today. Didn't Gandhi know what the MUSLIMS in Hindusthan had been busy doing since 712 AD (murder, abduction, rape, destruction of temples, FORCIBLE conversions)? WHY DID HE NOT BOTHER TO KNOW HIS ENEMY?
MILLIONS OF HINDUS WERE MASSACRED, OR FORCED TO FLEE THEIR HOMES IN 1947. WHAT GANDHI THOUGHT OF THE HINDUS IS THE SAME WHAT THE PRESENT RULERS OF BHARAT THINK OF THE HINDUS. THAT IS WHY THERE IS NO MEMORIAL TO THE TWO MILLION DEAD OF 1947 NOR ANY MENTION OF SURRENDER OF ONE THIRD OF INDIA IN THE SLAVES' CONSTITUTION!
The safety and well-being of the Hindus was NOT on GANDHI'S mind. In fact, psychiatrists will suggest that Gandhi HATED the contemptible slavish SELF-NEGATING fellow Hindus, and wanted them to PERISH. He secretly wanted- to replace the uninspiring, sickly, paralysed Hindu nation by "manly" Muslims.
The contrast with GURU GOBIND SINGHJI is conspicuous. The LATTER also saw the Hindus as groveling slaves but instead of hating them, he REJUVENATED our "dead" nation (for centuries burdened under ISLAMIC YOKE) with arms and "SHAKTI" and the soul stirring national hymn "DEH SHIVA BARR MOHE...!" He turned the "JACKALS" into "LIONS" while GANDHI could not turn the jackals even into wolves. Instead, he wished them all DEAD!
When will the INDIANS realise the merit of NATHU RAM'S brave act of "eliminating" the COWARD (well past the utility date, and by now totally IRRELEVANT confused and senile fool) from the country's public life?
When will the HINDU NATION erect a MEMORIAL to honour his memory and confer the award of "BHARAT RATNA"? None deserves it more than Nathu Ram Godse!
On November 8, 1948, GODSE took leave of us by saying, "AKHAND BHARAT: AMAR RAHE!"
No PRIME MINISTER of PARTITIONED INDIA has ever repeated that salute since, proving that the Hindu nation living in TRUNCATED (Broken) Bharat is still the same what both Guru Gobind Singhj and MK Gandhi found!
rajput
On 13 December 2014, Satish Chandra Gupta <jhansi1931@gmail.com> wrote:
It was most appropriate at his time as during that period most of the Hindus were against Gandhi for his pro- Pakistani views , specially to give crores of Rupees to Pakistan , when India was itself in doldrums & when Pakistani Forces in disguise had attacked our kashmir against the British rulers granting us independence with their British Parliament's clause whereby all the Princely states were made totally free to join either of India or Pakistan or to remain Independent of their own :
From: Chandar Kohli - chandarkohli@rogers.com;
Saturday, December 13, 2014
The congress who ruled us Hindus and destroyed us Hindus ------
On Saturday, December 13, 2014 8:00 PM, "RSingh305@aol.com" wrote:
NEHRU SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANGED OR SHOT, NOT NATHU RAM, THE HONEST PATRIOT. The ultimate CRIME of High Treason had already been committed by JL Nehru who accepted PARTITION without a single condition.
rajput
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015, bk chaudhari <bk_chaudhari@hotmail.com> wrote:
Let us pay our Shardhanjali to NV (Nathuram Vinayak), Godse, who ensured that Bharat is not divided any furtherAND paved way towards AKHAND BHARATon 30th January 1948 Patriotic Nahu Ram Godse
From: Ganji, Shobhan - shobhan.ganji@mail.rakuten.com;
Monday, February 02, 2015
Gandhism should be removed from India. It has made Indians docile, inferior, passive and useless against the onslaught of foreign forces. Interestingly this Gandhism which is so called non-violence resulted in deaths of hundreds and hundreds of people during partition and continued deaths of Indians by foreign forces. Is Gandhism really working? Absolutely no. All this show of calling him the father of nation and paying homage to him on his death anniversary is completely farce.
From: bk chaudhari [bk_chaudhari@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 Subject: Patriotic Nahu Ram Godse
Let us pay our Shardhanjali to NR Godse, who ensured that Bharat is not divided any furtherAND paved way towards AKHAND BHARATon 30th January 1948
BKC
On Sunday, 1 February 2015 4:55 PM, "Sridhara Yanduru y_sridhara@yahoo.com wrote:
Congress might follow Gandhi-ism. But why should BJP do so? BJP for decades tried to brain wash you all to hate Mahatma to drift you from true nationalism to pseudo-Hindutwa and pseudo nationalism. Now that they are in power, they are behaving as true nationalists. Nothing to accuse BJP/ Modiji. You can only search your hearts for being foolish to trust them earlier. If you still think Mahatma was wrong you will be living in fools paradise.
One example to understand:
NTRamarao took a slogan "Andhrula aatmagauravam"(self respect of Andhra people) against Congress. All the Andhra people rallied behind him and Congress got washed out from A.P.
After he got in to CM chair, he conducted meetings where he alone was in royal chair and all others (including Ministers, MPs, MLAs) were made to sit on a mat. Was he respecting Andhras? Was he honest to his slogan?
Moral:
Leaders are to be judged not by what they say while in opposition but by their actions while in power.
From: "'J. G. Arora' jgarora@gmail.com [aryayouthgroup]" <aryayouthgroup@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, 1 February 2015 3:23 PM
Subject: [aryayouthgroup] India must discard "Gandhi-ism" to save itself
1. The killing of Colonel Munindra Nath Rai and Policeman Sanjeevan Singh by pro-Pakistan elements in Jammu & Kashmir on 27th January, 2015 is the latest of such disgraceful tragedies for the nation. Such tragedies are very frequent, and are happening due to Gandhian policies followed by successive Indian governments including the present BJP-led government.
2. Since Gandhi-ism means appeasement, self-negation, unconditional surrender and pathway to slavery, such tragedies will continue to happen so long as Mahatma Gandhi remains the role model of the nation. For its very survival as a nation, India must be liberated from Gandhi-ism. Moreover, India must have warriors like Maharana Pratap and Chhatrapati Shivaji as its role-models instead of Mahatma Gandhi who brought India's worst defeat in history while conceding Muslim League's demand for the creation of Pakistan for Muslims whereby Bharat lost vital parts of its territory.
Jai
From: Ganji, Shobhan - shobhan.ganji@mail.rakuten.com;
Monday, February 02, 2015
Gandhi is not God. He is just a barrister. His hypocrisy is seen on many instances when he labelled Maharana, Shivaji and Bhagat singh as misguided nationalists.
Gandhism should be removed from India. It has made Indians docile, inferior, passive and useless against the onslaught of foreign forces. Interestingly this Gandhism which is so called non-violence resulted in deaths of hundreds and hundreds of people during partition and continued deaths of Indians by foreign forces. Is Gandhism really working? Absolutely no. All this show of calling him the father of nation and paying homage to him on his death anniversary is completely farce.
From: bk chaudhari [mailto:bk_chaudhari@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015
Let us pay our Shardhanjali to NR Godse, who ensured that Bharat is not divided any furtherAND paved way towards AKHAND BHARATon 30th January 1948.
BKC
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Gopal Godse On Gandhi And The Indian National Congress
On 31 Jan 2015, at 10:52, Amit Bhadhuri wrote:
Great Nathuram Ji should have done the job 5 or 6 years before to get rid of British and Moslem's scrooge Gandhi. Why crook Brits are having a statue of Gandhi outside the Brit parliament? They are paying back the debt. There are very few crook nations on the earth as the Brits. Gandhi was Brit's number one recruiting manager of cheap Indian soldiers both in South Africa and throughout during WW2. If Nathuram Ji or someone else could do the job 5 or 6 years ago then-
1. Great Netaji Subhas would not have left India therefore there was no question of a partition of India because bloody Brits could never make Bose to compromise with them. Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah and Brits were a party of partition as the congress signed the agreement in March 1947.
2. The greatest tragedy of this Indian nation is that, Narendra Modi for whatever reasons is not free from typical Hindu psyche of deceits and life with suppression of truth. This is where we make heroes out of Zeroes. I had seen during my CISF service utter sycophants or corrupts were given President's police meritorious service medals. I am fully aware it is also so common and widespread in the Armed forces too for so long.
I have not got a shadow of doubt, that, unless and until we get rid of Gandhi completely, India will remain a spineless and internally and psychologically weak nation and Pakis will continue kicking our knees everyday. Baniyas don't make the nation and with Modi it appears Baniyas culture getting more ingrained into the system.
Every honest patriot and nationalist have a duty to promote Netaji Subhas and Nathuram Godse 24+7+365 to make India a nation of strong backbones and characters.
Om Shakti,
Amit
From: Shriharsha Sharma - drshsharma@gmail.com;
Saturday, January 31, 2015
I am sure the time is fast approaching when Gandhi- Nehru and their blind followers will be side lined . Rajghat- Shanti ghat will be uprooted and will be replaced by the monuments of brave and patriots but for this we all have to keep the flame burning.
VEER BHOGYA VASUNDHARA so the brave have to keep the pressure on and make the people aware of the real patriots. ' Fortune favours the brave' so let the braves join and keep the work going by every possible means.
TUNE DIYA DESH KO JEEVAN DESH TUMHE KYA DEGA,
APANI AAG JALA RAKHANE KO NAAM TUMHARA LEGA.--------Ramdhari singh 'Dinkar'.
Samar khetra hai nahi paap ka bhagi kewal byadh,
jo tatastha hain samai likhega unka bhi aparadh. -----Ramdhari singh. ' Dinkar'.
Our message must reach to the man, woman and mainly students as much as possible.
arul akash <arulakash2006@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Gopal Godse | |
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A group photo of people accused in theMahatma Gandhi's murder case. Standing:Shankar Kistaiya, Gopal Godse, Madanlal Pahwa, Digambar Badge (Approver). Sitting:Narayan Apte, Vinayak D. Savarkar, Nathuram Godse, Vishnu Karkare | |
| Born | 12 June 1919 |
| Died | 26 November 2005 (aged 86) |
| Known for | One of the conspirators in theassassination of Mahatma Gandhi. |
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Interview of Gopal Godse
Time Magazine's February 2000 interview of Gopal Godse brother of Nathuram Godse
His Principle of Peace Was Bogus
Gopal Godse, co-conspirator in Gandhi's assassination and brother of the assassin, looks back in anger–and without regret
Fifty-two years ago, on Jan. 30, 1948, Mohandas Gandhi was shot dead by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist. Godse believed that the Mahatma, or great soul, was responsible for the 1947 partition of India and the creation of Pakistan. Godse and his friend Narayan Apte were hanged. His brother Gopal and two others were sentenced to life imprisonment for their part in the conspiracy. Gopal Godse remained in jail for 18 years and now, at 80, lives with his wife in a small apartment in Pune. He is still proud of his role in the murder. Although Godse is largely ignored in India and rarely talks to journalists, he agreed to speak with TIME Delhi correspondent Meenakshi Ganguly.
TIME: What happened in January 1948?
Godse: On Jan. 20, Madanlal Pahwa exploded a bomb at Gandhi's prayer meeting in Delhi. It was 50m away from Gandhi. [The other conspirators] all ran away from the place. Madanlal was caught there. Then there was a tension in our minds that we had to finish the task before the police caught us. Then Nathuram [Gopal's brother] took it on himself to do the thing. We only wanted destiny to help us — meaning we should not be caught on the spot before he acted.
TIME: Why did you want to kill Gandhi?
Godse: Gandhi was a hypocrite. Even after the massacre of the Hindus by the Muslims, he was happy. The more the massacres of the Hindus, the taller his flag of secularism.
TIME: Did you ever see Gandhi?
Godse: Yes.
TIME: Did you attend his meetings?
Godse: Yes.
TIME: Can you explain how he created his mass following?
Godse: The credit goes to him for maneuvering the media. He captured the press. That was essential. How Gandhi walked, when he smiled, how he waved — all these minor details that the people did not require were imposed upon them to create an atmosphere around Gandhi. And the more ignorant the masses, the more popular was Gandhi. So they always tried to keep the masses ignorant.
TIME: But surely it takes more than good publicity to create a Gandhi?
Godse: There is another thing. Generally in the Indian masses, people are attracted toward saintism. Gandhi was shrewd to use his saintdom for politics. After his death the government used him. The government knew that he was an enemy of Hindus, but they wanted to show that he was a staunch Hindu. So the first act they did was to put "Hey Ram" into Gandhi's dead mouth.
TIME: You mean that he did not say "Hey Ram" as he died?
Godse: No, he did not say it. You see, it was an automatic pistol. It had a magazine for nine bullets but there were actually seven at that time. And once you pull the trigger, within a second, all the seven bullets had passed. When these bullets pass through crucial points like the heart, consciousness is finished. You have no strength.
When Nathuram saw Gandhi was coming, he took out the pistol and folded his hands with the pistol inside it. There was one girl very close to Gandhi. He feared that he would hurt the girl. So he went forward and with his left hand pushed her aside and shot. It happened within one second. You see, there was a film and some Kingsley fellow had acted as Gandhi. Someone asked me whether Gandhi said, "Hey Ram." I said Kingsley did say it. But Gandhi did not. Because that was not a drama.
TIME: Many people think Gandhi deserved to be nominated TIME's Person of the Century. [He was one of two runners-up, after Albert Einstein.]
Godse: I name him the most cruel person for Hindus in India. The most cruel person! That is how I term him.
TIME: Is that why Gandhi had to die?
Godse: Yes. For months he was advising Hindus that they must never be angry with the Muslims. What sort of ahimsa (non-violence) is this? His principle of peace was bogus. In any free country, a person like him would be shot dead officially because he was encouraging the Muslims to kill Hindus.
TIME: But his philosophy was of turning the other cheek. He felt one person had to stop the cycle of violence…
Godse: The world does not work that way.
TIME: Is there anything that you admire about Gandhi?
Godse: Firstly, the mass awakening that Gandhi did. In our school days Gandhi was our idol. Secondly, he removed the fear of prison. He said it is different to go into prison for a theft and different to go in for satyagraha (civil disobedience). As youngsters, we had our enthusiasm, but we needed some channel. We took Gandhi to be our channel. We don't repent for that.
TIME: Did you not admire his principles of non-violence?
Godse: Non-violence is not a principle at all. He did not follow it. In politics you cannot follow non-violence. You cannot follow honesty. Every moment, you have to give a lie. Every moment you have to take a bullet in hand and kill someone. Why was he proved to be a hypocrite? Because he was in politics with his so-called principles. Is his non-violence followed anywhere? Not in the least. Nowhere.
TIME: What was the most difficult thing about killing Gandhi?
Godse: The greatest hurdle before us was not that of giving up our lives or going to the gallows. It was that we would be condemned both by the government and by the public. Because the public had been kept in the dark about what harm Gandhi had done to the nation. How he had fooled them!
TIME: Did the people condemn you?
Godse: Yes. People in general did. Because they had been kept ignorant.
Reference: http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine
नाथूराम गोडसे को सिर्फ एक ही पंक्ति में चित्रित नहीं किया जा सकता
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नाथूराम गोडसे को एक सोची -समझी रणनीति के तहत कथित सेक्यूलरों , इतिहासकारों और देश पर सबसे लंबे समय तक शासन करने वाली पार्टी और उसकी सरकारों ने सिर्फ गाँधी के हत्यारे के रूप में ही प्रस्तुत किया , गोडसे को सिर्फ एक ही पंक्ति में चित्रित नहीं किया जा सकता है। गोडसे ने गाँधी वध क्यों किया, इसके पीछे क्या कारण रहे , इन बातों का कही भी जिक्र नहीं किया जाता , व्याख्या-विवेचना नही की जाती।
गोडसे ने गाँधी के वध करने के १५० कारण न्यायालय के समक्ष बताये थे। उन्होंने जज से आज्ञा प्राप्त कर ली थी कि वे अपने बयानों को पढ़कर सुनाना चाहते है । अतः उन्होंने वो १५० बयान माइक पर पढ़कर सुनाए। लेकिन तत्कालीन कांग्रेस की सरकार ने नाथूराम गोडसे के गाँधी वध के कारणों से संबंधित बयान को सार्वजनिक होने की डर से बैन लगा दिया था , गोडसे का बयान भारत की जनता के समक्ष न पहुँच पाये इसके पीछे की कॉंग्रेसी मंशा की विवेचना भी जरूरी है गोडसे को सिर्फ एक हत्यारे के रूप में चिन्हित -चित्रित किए जाने के पूर्व । गोडसे ने अपने बयान में गाँधी जी की हत्या करने के जिन कारणों का उल्लेख किया था उसे सुनकर जज ने टिप्पणी की थी कि "गोडसे के बयान को सार्वजनिक कर फैसला आम जनता पर छोड़ दिया जाए तो निःसन्देह गोडसे निर्दोष साबित होंगे l"
"मैंने गाँधी की हत्या क्यों की : नाथूराम गोडसे"
नाथूराम गोडसे ने अपने बयान में कहा था - " सम्मान ,कर्तव्य और अपने देश वासियों के प्रति प्यार कभी - कभी हमें अहिंसा के सिद्धांत से हटने के लिए बाध्य कर देता है . मैं कभी यह नहीं मान सकता की किसी आक्रामक का सशस्त्र प्रतिरोध करना कभी गलत या अन्याय पूर्ण भी हो सकता है l"
प्रतिरोध करने और यदि संभव हो तो ऐसे शत्रु को बलपूर्वक वश में करने को मैं एक धार्मिक और नैतिक कर्तव्य मानता हूँ , "मुसलमान अपनी मनमानी कर रहे थे, कांग्रेस उनकी इच्छा के सामने आत्मसर्पण कर चुकी थी और उनकी सनक ,मनमानी और आदिम रवैये के स्वर में स्वर मिलाए जा रही थी अथवा ये कॉंग्रेस को तय करना है कि वो गाँधी या मुसलमानों के बिना काम चलाए या नहीं, गाँधी अकेले ही इस देश की प्रत्येक वस्तु और व्यक्ति के निर्णायक थे।"
महात्मा गाँधी अपने लिए जूरी और जज दोनों थे , गाँधी जी ने मुस्लिमों को खुश करने के लिए हिंदी भाषा के सौंदर्य और सुन्दरता के साथ बलात्कार किया। गाँधी जी के सारे प्रयोग केवल और केवल हिन्दुओं की कीमत पर किये जाते थे। जो कांग्रेस अपनी देश भक्ति और समाज वाद का दंभ भरा करती थी उसी ने गुप्त रूप से बन्दुक की नोक पर पाकिस्तान को स्वीकार कर लिया और जिन्ना के सामने नीचता से आत्मसमर्पण कर दिया।
मुस्लिम तुष्टिकरण की नीति के कारण भारत माता के टुकड़े कर दिए गए और १५ अगस्त १९४७ के बाद देश का एक तिहाई भाग हमारे लिए ही विदेशी भूमि बन गया । नेहरु तथा उनकी भीड़ की स्वीकारोक्ति के साथ ही एक धर्म के आधार पर अलग राज्य बना दिया गया , क्या इसी को बलिदानों द्वारा जीती गई स्वतंत्रता कहते हैं ? और, किसका बलिदान ?
जब कांग्रेस के शीर्ष नेताओ ने गाँधी जी के सहमती से इस देश को काट डाला ,जिसे हम पूजा की वस्तु मानते हैं , तो मेरा मस्तिष्क भयंकर क्रोध से भर गया , मैं साहस पूर्वक कहता हूँ की गाँधी अपने कर्तव्य में असफल हो गए। उन्होंने स्वयं को पाकिस्तान का पिता होना सिद्ध किया।
मैं कहता हूँ की मेरी गोलियाँ एक ऐसे व्यक्ति पर चलाई गई थीं ,जिसकी नीतियों और कार्यों से करोड़ों हिन्दुओं को केवल बर्बादी और विनाश ही मिला। ऐसी कोई क़ानूनी प्रक्रिया नहीं थी जिसके द्वारा उस अपराधी को सजा दिलाई जा सके, इसीलिए मैंने इस घातक रास्ते का अनुसरण किया।
मैं अपने लिए माफ़ी की गुजारिश नहीं करूँगा ,जो मैंने किया उस पर मुझे गर्व है , मुझे कोई संदेह नहीं है की इतिहास के इमानदार लेखक मेरे कार्य का वजन तोल कर भविष्य में किसी दिन इसका सही मूल्यांकन करेंगे। जब तक सिन्धु नदी भारत के ध्वज के नीचे से ना बहे तब तक मेरी अस्थियों का विसर्जन मत करना।
नाथूराम गोडसे ने न्यायालय के समक्ष गाँधी-वध के जो १५० कारण बताये थे उनमें से प्रमुख कारण निम्नलिखित हैं: -
१. अमृतसर के जलियाँवाला बाग़ गोली काण्ड (१९१९) से समस्त देशवासी आक्रोश में थे तथा चाहते थे कि इस नरसंहार के नायक जनरल डायर पर अभियोग चलाया जाये। गाँधी ने भारतवासियों के इस आग्रह को समर्थन देने से स्पष्ठ मना कर दिया।
२. भगत सिंह व उसके साथियों के मृत्युदण्ड के निर्णय से सारा देश क्षुब्ध था व गाँधी की ओर देख रहा था, कि वह हस्तक्षेप कर इन देशभक्तों को मृत्यु से बचायें, किन्तु गाँधी ने भगत सिंह की हिंसा को अनुचित ठहराते हुए जनसामान्य की इस माँग को अस्वीकार कर दिया।
३. ६ मई १९४६ को समाजवादी कार्यकर्ताओं को दिये गये अपने सम्बोधन में गाँधी ने मुस्लिम लीग की हिंसा के समक्ष अपनी आहुति देने की प्रेरणा दी।
४. मोहम्मद अली जिन्ना आदि राष्ट्रवादी मुस्लिम नेताओं के विरोध को अनदेखा करते हुए १९२१ में गाँधी ने खिलाफ़त आन्दोलन को समर्थन देने की घोषणा की। तो भी केरल के मोपला मुसलमानों द्वारा वहाँ के हिन्दुओं की मारकाट की जिसमें लगभग १५०० हिन्दू मारे गये व २००० से अधिक को मुसलमान बना लिया गया। गाँधी ने इस हिंसा का विरोध नहीं किया, वरन् खुदा के बहादुर बन्दों की बहादुरी के रूप में वर्णन किया।
५. १९२६ में आर्य समाज द्वारा चलाए गए शुद्धि आन्दोलन में लगे स्वामी श्रद्धानन्द की अब्दुल रशीद नामक मुस्लिम युवक ने हत्या कर दी, इसकी प्रतिक्रियास्वरूप गाँधी ने अब्दुल रशीद को अपना भाई कह कर उसके इस कृत्य को उचित ठहराया व शुद्धि आन्दोलन को अनर्गल राष्ट्र-विरोधी तथा हिन्दू-मुस्लिम एकता के लिये अहितकारी घोषित किया।
६. गाँधी ने अनेक अवसरों पर शिवाजी, महाराणा प्रताप व गुरू गोबिन्द सिंह को पथभ्रष्ट देशभक्त कहा।
७. गाँधी ने जहाँ एक ओर कश्मीर के हिन्दू राजा हरि सिंह को कश्मीर मुस्लिम बहुल होने से शासन छोड़ने व काशी जाकर प्रायश्चित करने का परामर्श दिया, वहीं दूसरी ओर हैदराबाद के निज़ाम के शासन का हिन्दू बहुल हैदराबाद में समर्थन किया।
८. यह गाँधी ही थे जिन्होंने मोहम्मद अली जिन्ना को कायदे-आज़म की उपाधि दी।
९. कांग्रेस के ध्वज निर्धारण के लिये बनी समिति (१९३१) ने सर्वसम्मति से चरखा अंकित भगवा वस्त्र पर निर्णय लिया किन्तु गाँधी की जिद के कारण उसे तिरंगा कर दिया गया।
१०. कांग्रेस के त्रिपुरा अधिवेशन में नेताजी सुभाष चन्द्र बोस को बहुमत से कॉंग्रेस अध्यक्ष चुन लिया गया किन्तु गाँधी पट्टाभि सीतारमय्या का समर्थन कर रहे थे, अत: सुभाष बाबू ने निरन्तर विरोध व असहयोग के कारण पद त्याग दिया।
११. लाहौर कांग्रेस में वल्लभभाई पटेल का बहुमत से चुनाव सम्पन्न हुआ किन्तु गाँधी की जिद के कारण यह पद जवाहरलाल नेहरु को दिया गया।
१२. १४-१५ १९४७ जून को दिल्ली में आयोजित अखिल भारतीय कांग्रेस समिति की बैठक में भारत विभाजन का प्रस्ताव अस्वीकृत होने वाला था, किन्तु गाँधी ने वहाँ पहुँच कर प्रस्ताव का समर्थन करवाया। यह भी तब जबकि उन्होंने स्वयं ही यह कहा था कि देश का विभाजन उनकी लाश पर होगा।
१३. जवाहरलाल की अध्यक्षता में मन्त्रीमण्डल ने सोमनाथ मन्दिर का सरकारी व्यय पर पुनर्निर्माण का प्रस्ताव पारित किया, किन्तु गाँधी जो कि मन्त्रीमण्डल के सदस्य भी नहीं थे; ने सोमनाथ मन्दिर पर सरकारी व्यय के प्रस्ताव को निरस्त करवाया और १३ जनवरी १९४८ को आमरण अनशन के माध्यम से सरकार पर दिल्ली की मस्जिदों का सरकारी खर्चे से पुनर्निर्माण कराने के लिए दबाव डाला।
१४. पाकिस्तान से आये विस्थापित हिन्दुओं ने दिल्ली की खाली मस्जिदों में जब अस्थाई शरण ली तो गाँधी ने उन उजड़े हिन्दुओं को जिनमें वृद्ध, स्त्रियाँ व बालक अधिक थे मस्जिदों से खदेड़ बाहर ठिठुरते शीत में रात बिताने पर मजबूर किया गया।
१५. २२ अक्तूबर १९४७ को पाकिस्तान ने कश्मीर पर आक्रमण कर दिया, उससे पूर्व माउण्टबैटन ने भारत सरकार से पाकिस्तान सरकार को ५५ करोड़ रुपये की राशि देने का परामर्श दिया था। केन्द्रीय मन्त्रिमण्डल ने आक्रमण के दृष्टिगत यह राशि देने को टालने का निर्णय लिया किन्तु गाँधी ने उसी समय यह राशि तुरन्त दिलवाने के लिए आमरण अनशन शुरू कर दिया जिसके परिणामस्वरूप यह राशि पाकिस्तान को भारत के हितों के विपरीत दे दी गयी।
१६. जिन्ना की मांग थी कि पश्चिमी पाकिस्तान से पूर्वी पाकिस्तान जाने में बहुत समय लगता है और हवाई जहाज से जाने की सभी की औकात नहीं , तो हमको बिलकुल बीच भारत से एक कोरिडोर बना कर दिया जाए…. जो लाहौर से ढाका जाता हो, दिल्ली के पास से जाता हो….. जिसकी चौड़ाई कम से कम १६ किलोमीटर हो….४. १० मील के दोनों और सिर्फ मुस्लिम बस्तियां ही बनें , अगर गाँधी जिंदा रहते तो जिन्ना की यह माँग भी मान लेते l
गोडसे के क्रमवार बयान सही मायनों में प्रश्न हैं , जिनका सार यही है ,मेरी समझ में, कि क्या गाँधी ही इस देश के भाग्य-विधाता थे और अगर गाँधी ने अपने आप को इस देश का भाग्य-विधाता मान ही लिया था तो ये अधिकार उन्हें किससे और कैसे प्राप्त हुआ था ?
अगर किसी विचारधारा विशेष को सिर्फ 'हत्यारे' की संज्ञा से नवाजा जाएगा तो हमारे देश के सारे 'अमर-शहीद – क्रांतिकारी ' भी इसी में 'ब्रैकेटेड' हो जाएँगे l गाँधी जी की हत्या करने वाले को 'राष्ट्रपिता' का हत्यारा बताए जाने के पूर्व इसकी विवेचना व मीमांसा की जरूरत है कि गाँधी जी को 'राष्ट्रपिता' कहकर सबसे पहले किसने संबोधित किया और उसकी विचारधारा कहाँ गिरवी थी ?
आलोक कुमार
बिहार की राजधानी पटना के मूल निवासी। पटना विश्वविद्यालय से स्नातक (राजनीति-शास्त्र), दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय से स्नाकोत्तर (लोक-प्रशासन)l लेखन व पत्रकारिता में बीस वर्षों से अधिक का अनुभव। प्रिंट, इलेक्ट्रॉनिक व सायबर मीडिया का वृहत अनुभव। वर्तमान में विभिन्न पत्र-पत्रिकाओं के परामर्शदात्री व संपादकीय मंडल से संलग्नl
Thoughts on "नाथूराम गोडसे
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2. डॉ. मधुसूदन December 14, 2014
- न्याय को अंधा होना चाहिए।
- आलेख पढते समय जो पाठक सचमुच न्याय के उत्सुक है; उनसे आग्रह है, कि सारा आलेख "क्ष" "य" "झ" ऐसे निरपेक्ष नामों का उपयोग कर पढें।
- तभी सही न्याय क्या हो, यह पता चलेगा।
- नामों के पीछॆ पूर्वाग्रह से मुक्त होनेकी ऐसी पद्धति अपनाने पर शायद आप को निर्णय करने में सरलता होगी।
- लेखक ने विचारोत्तेजक पहलुओं को प्रस्तुत किया है।
- तुष्टीकरण आज तक संतुष्टीकरण सिद्ध या अनुभूत नहीं हुआ है।
The murder of the Mahatma a book by G.D.Khosala
From: Shriharsha Sharma - drshsharma@gmail.com;
Saturday, February 07, 2015
I read this book in 1965 in my final year as a medical student given to me by a friend of mine from Punjab . Nathuram Vnayak Godse was hanged for the murder of the Mahatma [for some] .
Here is a book written by one of the most distinguished judges in trial Shri G.D. Khosla. This book will shake up your belief regarding the so called Mahatma and his Murderer.
This is one of the stories which we have seen in our life time and ignored the patriotic facts
If there was a jury system then the jurymen would have freed Nathuram vinayak Godse according the judge/s.
http://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/The-Murder-of-the-Mahatma.pdf
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