{"id":141377,"date":"2023-06-10T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T08:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=141377"},"modified":"2023-06-10T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T08:41:08","slug":"mahatma-gandhi-was-assassinated-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/mahatma-gandhi-was-assassinated-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Q. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(a) 30 January 1949<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) 30 January 1948<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(c) 26 January 1948<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(d) 30 January 1950.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ans: (b) 30 January 1948<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explanation: The correct answer is (b) 30 January 1948.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement and an advocate of non-violence, was assassinated on 30 January 1948. He was shot by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist, at Birla House in New Delhi. The assassination shocked the nation and led to a period of mourning and unrest throughout the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gandhi&#8217;s death had a profound impact on the Indian independence movement and the nation as a whole. He is remembered as the Father of the Nation in India and his principles of non-violence and peace continue to inspire people around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on (a) 30 January 1949 (b) 30 January 1948 (c) 26 January 1948 (d) 30 January 1950. Ans: (b) 30 January 1948 Explanation: The correct answer is (b) 30 January 1948. Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian independence movement and an advocate of non-violence, was assassinated on 30 January [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":141382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5018],"tags":[5019],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-141377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-quiz","tag-upsc-history-quiz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141385,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141377\/revisions\/141385"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141377"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=141377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}