The assassination of Mahatma Gandhi occurred just five months after India achieved independence. As he walked toward the prayer ground, Nathuram Godse fired three bullets into his chest. Gandhi’s final words are believed to be “He Ram.” The news of his death triggered a global wave of mourning, with Jawaharlal Nehru famously declaring on the radio, “The light has gone out of our lives.” His death silenced a major voice for communal harmony during the turbulent post-partition era and remains one of the most tragic events in modern Indian history.