‘When the light went out of our lives’: Looking back at Gandhi’s killing

The killing of Mahatma Gandhi remains one of the darkest days in the history of independent India. The Mahatma was shot dead by Nathuram Godse while he was on his way to attend his customary evening prayer. Gandhi's killing left the entire nation in mourning. Then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had said that 'light has gone out of our lives. The killer Nathuram Godse and co-conspirator Narayan Apte were convicted & later hanged on November 15, 1949.