TIMES OF INDIA ARTICLE: Gandhi's last words were not 'Hey Ram'

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> Monday, January 30, 2005

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> KOLLAM (KERALA): Mahatma Gandhi did not utter "Hey Ram" when he fell to

> the bullets of an assassin 58 years ago as has been famously attributed to

> the Father of the Nation, his personal attendant says.

 

There was an interview in an edition of Life magazine from 1968 with

Gopal Godse. Godse, the brother of the actual murderer, was jailed for 20

years for his part in the conspiracy. He had just got out in 1968 and Life

published a lengthy interview with him. He also categorically stated that

that Gandhiji didn't utter anything when he was shot. He simply gasped and

fell to the ground dead. Godse was standing only four feet away from him at

the moment and thus, like the personal attendant, he was in a position to

know first hand what happened.

 

Your humble servant,

Hari-sauri dasa