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Hindu Mahasabha pays tribute to Nathuram Godse

Hindu Mahasabha blamed Mahatma Gandhi for the partition of India in 1947 and paid tribute to his assassin Nathuram Godse and a co-accused in the murder trial, Narayan Apte. File (Source: The Hindu Archives)

On a day the nation observed Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary, the Hindu Mahasabha on Sunday paid tribute to his assassin Nathuram Godse and a co-accused in the Gandhi murder trial, Narayan Apte, in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior by observing “Godse-Apte Smriti Diwas”.

The right-wing organisation also bestowed “Godse-Apte Bharat Ratna” in Gwalior upon jailed religious leader Kalicharan Maharaj, who was arrested in December last year for allegedly making derogatory remarks against the Mahatma during a Dharma Sansad held in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, and four leaders of the Mahasabha.

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