In the history of India we rarely come across the story of a person who died an untimely death, whose brother suffered a life of immense mental torture and whose family faced countless abuses and humiliations for no other cause other than the immense love towards his motherland. This person is Nathuram Vinayakrao Godse, India’s most hated criminal.
Yes …. Nathuram Godse is the very man who assassinated ‘Mahatma’ Gandhi, the ‘Father of the Nation’ on 30th January 1948 as he was walking towards his prayer ground at the Birla House, New Delhi. He was arrested at the scene of the crime and sentenced to death by hanging after a trial that lasted for over a year.
Almost seven decades have passed since the ‘Apostle of Peace’ was assassinated but, even today the story of his murder continues to remain one of the most closely guarded secrets in Indian history.
Since independence, various political organizations in India have resorted to a total misuse of state machinery to suppress information on the life of Nathuram Godse and have made the people of India believe in fictional cooked up stories based on unfound theories that the murder of the ‘Mahatma’ was an act of religious fanaticism.
Through extensive research the author of this book has succeeded in unearthing facts that lay suppressed for almost seven decades and has managed to uncover the truth that the murder of ‘Mahatma Gandhi’ was not an act of religious fanaticism but an act of devout patriotism.
This book covers the entire lifespan of Nathuram Godse, from his birth till his death. The motive behind writing this book is neither to denigrate the Mahatma nor to glorify his assassin but to unmask the people of India from the delusion that the ‘Mahatma’ was a victim of religious fanaticism.
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2017 January
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Anup Sardesai was born in a highly educated family hailing from the small coastal village Candolim in the western Indian province of Goa. A Mechanical Engineer by profession, Anup Sardesai had a deep passion for reading books based on historical research. After opting for voluntary retirement from his government job, he dedicated his entire time in carrying out historical research. Since 2010, Anup Sardesai has carried out extensive research on the “Distorted History of India’s Freedom Struggle” without the help of any institution. This is his first book as a writer.