Nathuram Vinayak Godse┬а(19 May 1910 тАУ 15 November 1949)
was the assassin of┬аMahatma Gandhi, who shot Gandhi in the chest three times at┬аpoint blank range┬аin┬аNew Delhi┬аon 30 January 1948.Godse was a┬аHindu nationalist┬аfrom┬аPune,┬аMaharashtra,a member of the political party,
the┬аHindu Mahasabha,as well as a former member of the┬аRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh┬а(RSS), a right-wing Hindu paramilitary volunteer organization.┬аHe believed Gandhi to have favoured the political demands of┬аBritish India's Muslims during the┬аpartition of India┬аof 1947.