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New Crime novel: DEATH IN THE DECCAN
Jan 30, 2022 18 tweets 4 min read
Dhirendra Jha's "#Gandhi's Assassin: The Making of Nathuram Godse and His Idea of India". A thread on a must-read book:
Today, 74 years ago, Mohandas K Gandhi was shot down in cold blood by Nathuram Godse while walking to his evening prayer meeting at Birla House in Delhi. (1/18) Godse thought he'd get a reaction of mass support like the INA undertrials did; instead the country was enraged, and RSS men had to run for their lives. Distressed crowds tried to set on fire Savarkar Sadan in Mumbai and the Nagpur residence of RSS supremo MS Gowalkar. (2/18)