What is Nathuram Godse?
{{Infobox person |name = Nathuram Godse |image = Nathuram godse.jpg |caption = Nathuram Godse at his trial for the murder of Mahatma Gandhi |birth_date = {{birth date|1910|5|19|df=yes}} |birth_place = [[Baramati]], [[Pune District]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[Maharashtra]], India |death_date = {{death date and age|1949|11|15|1910|5|19|df=yes}} |death_place = [[Ambala]] Prison, [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[Dominion of India]]<br><small>(present day [[Haryana]], India)</small> |nationality = Indian |known_for = [[Assassination]] of [[Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] }} [[File:Nathuram.jpg|thumb|261x261px|Group photo of people accused in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. ''Standing (L to R)'': Shankar Kistaiya, Gopal Godse, Madan Lal Pahwa, Digambar Ramchandra Badge. ''Seated (L to R)'': Narayan Apte, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Nathuram Godse, Vishnu Karkare|alt=]] '''Nathuram Vinayak Godse''' ({{lang-mr|नथुराम गोडसे}}, May 19, 1910 – November 15, 1949) was an Indian Nationalist, Activist, and the man who [[assassinate]]d [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]] to save bhartiya from his biased decision. == Biography == Nathuram Godse was born at [[Baramati]], [[Pune District]], [[British India]]. His father was Vinayak Vaman Rao Godse, his mother was Lakshmi (Godavari before marriage). His father was a fifteen-[[rupee]]-a-month employee of the post office. He would drop out of high school and become an activist for the party [[:en:Hindu_Mahasabha|Hindu Mahasabha]] == Killing of Mahatma Gandhi == === Motive === The immediate motive for the assassination is usually ascribed to Gandhi's January 13, 1948 decision to fast to the death unless the Indian central government reversed a decision to withhold the transfer of 55 [[crore]] (550 [[million]]) rupees to the government of Pakistan. The transfer had been specified in the partition agreement, but the Indian government had refused to complete it, complaining of continued Pakistani rebel occupation of disputed parts of [[Kashmir]]. The