Gandhi's expiatory fast against the rioting was in the news at the time of his assassination

Source: ebay, Jan. 2013



The assassination, Jan. 30, 1948, New Delhi; Godse is being restrained in the background (a news photo)

Source: ebay, June 2013









Gandhi's assassination received worldwide coverage: an example from the Allentown, Pennsylvania, "Morning Call"

Source: ebay, Feb. 2009





News photos of the funeral rites

Source: ebay, Aug. 2007


"The ashes of Gandhi being carried through the streets of Allahabad," Manchester Guardian, Feb. 18, 1948

Source: ebay, Feb. 2002





The pyre is lighted by Gandhi's son Devadas; a photo from the archives of the Chicago Sun-Times, Feb. 1, 1948

Source: ebay, June 2010


*Gandhi's tomb*



*Gandhi's assassin and an accomplice are hanged; bazaar art, late 1940's*

Source: ebay, Apr. 2011

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