| Gandhi woke up at 3:30 am Fri, January 30, 1948. | | | | killer was Nathuram Godse, a Hindu extremist |
| He had just finished a six day fast. He was | | | | who believed it was wrong for Gandhi to |
| scheduled to lead an outdoor prayer meeting for | | | | associate with Muslims. |
| peace. He said his morning prayers, and then | | | | Gandhi's last words were "He Ram, He Ram" ("Oh |
| spent the day writing letters and meeting with an | | | | God, Oh God"). He died with the name of God on |
| official from India's new government. He was | | | | his lips. |
| escorted to the prayer meeting by his grand | | | | Gandhi's life and death torched people all over the |
| nieces, Abha and Manu to a crowd of about five | | | | world. His lessons of nonviolence, passive |
| hundred that had gathered. | | | | resistance, and civil disobedience would live on well |
| When he arrived people cleared a path for him, | | | | beyond his life. It would influence the American |
| many bowing down. He reached the stage and | | | | civil rights movement and the leaders of it. Martin |
| offered a traditional Hindu greeting, putting his | | | | Luther King Jr. used Gandhi's lessons to lead his |
| hands together and stretching them up high. | | | | own people to independence. The techniques of |
| With out warning a young man rushed from the | | | | nonviolence require devotion to the idea, which |
| crowd. Manu tried to hold him back, but he | | | | does not come easy. You must overcome |
| knocked her aside. He pulled out a pistol and fired | | | | yourself to spread peace to the world. |
| three shots. Within minutes Gandhi was dead. The | | | | |