Gandhi after breaking a five-day fast in New Delhi ... civil society groups appealed for peace seeking that Gandhi break his fast. More than 2 lakh people across religions in Delhi alone signed ...

Nathuram Godse, born this day in 1910, originally planned to lob grenades at Mahatma Gandhi at a prayer meeting. His ...

Around the body they gathered in a circle while Mani chanted verse after verse from the Bhagavth Gita. Just before he broke his 122-hour fast on Jan. 18, Gandhi had said, "I am not afraid to die ...

with his final fast beginning in Delhi at age 78 on January 12, 1948. He was murdered a few weeks later by a militant Hindu nationalist unhappy about Gandhi’s defense of both Pakistan and Indian ...

On learning, after Nehru had left his side, that the prime minister had also fasted with him, a deeply moved Gandhi sent him a note saying, “Now end your fast… Live for many long years as Hind ...