Godse assassinates Mahatma Gandhi during prayer session at Birla House; nation shocked
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January 30, 1948: Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on January 30, 1948, had shocked the entire nation. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 in the compound of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), by Nathuram Vinayak Godse.
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Hyderabad State also known as Hyderabad Deccan was an Indian princely state located in the south-central region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. The state was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a hereditary Nizam who was initially a Mughal governor of the Deccan before becoming independent. Hyderabad became the first princely state to come under British paramountcy signing a subsidiary alliance agreement.
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The last photograph published of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. According to documents, this picture was clicked in 1948 when Netaji Bose was presumably somewhere in Manchuria in China. However, after that nobody had seen Netaji Bose and the mystery behind his death is yet to get resolved.
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Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India. He also served as leader of the Indian National Congress, Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state.
Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
January 30, 1948: Assassination of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on January 30, 1948, had shocked the entire nation. Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 in the compound of Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), by Nathuram Vinayak Godse.
Hyderabad became the first princely state to come under British paramountcy
Hyderabad State also known as Hyderabad Deccan was an Indian princely state located in the south-central region of India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. The state was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a hereditary Nizam who was initially a Mughal governor of the Deccan before becoming independent. Hyderabad became the first princely state to come under British paramountcy signing a subsidiary alliance agreement.
The last published photograph of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
The last photograph published of freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. According to documents, this picture was clicked in 1948 when Netaji Bose was presumably somewhere in Manchuria in China. However, after that nobody had seen Netaji Bose and the mystery behind his death is yet to get resolved.
Last Governor-General of India
Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India. He also served as leader of the Indian National Congress, Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal, Minister for Home Affairs of the Indian Union and Chief Minister of Madras state.