01-31-2006, 01:56 AM
Gandhi never said anything, in Gopal Godse's own words:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->TIME: You mean that he did not say "Hey Ram" as he died?
Godse: No, he did not say it. You see, it was an automatic pistol. It had a magazine for nine bullets but there were actually seven at that time. And once you pull the trigger, within a second, all the seven bullets had passed. When these bullets pass through crucial points like the heart, consciousness is finished. You have no strength.
When Nathuram saw Gandhi was coming, he took out the pistol and folded his hands with the pistol inside it. There was one girl very close to Gandhi. He feared that he would hurt the girl. So he went forward and with his left hand pushed her aside and shot. It happened within one second. You see, there was a film and some Kingsley fellow had acted as Gandhi. Someone asked me whether Gandhi said, "Hey Ram." I said Kingsley did say it. But Gandhi did not. Because that was not a drama.
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/200...ndia.godse.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Its quite clear that it was a later day concoction by Nehru and his cronies to win a few sympathy votes among the ever gullible Hindus.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->TIME: You mean that he did not say "Hey Ram" as he died?
Godse: No, he did not say it. You see, it was an automatic pistol. It had a magazine for nine bullets but there were actually seven at that time. And once you pull the trigger, within a second, all the seven bullets had passed. When these bullets pass through crucial points like the heart, consciousness is finished. You have no strength.
When Nathuram saw Gandhi was coming, he took out the pistol and folded his hands with the pistol inside it. There was one girl very close to Gandhi. He feared that he would hurt the girl. So he went forward and with his left hand pushed her aside and shot. It happened within one second. You see, there was a film and some Kingsley fellow had acted as Gandhi. Someone asked me whether Gandhi said, "Hey Ram." I said Kingsley did say it. But Gandhi did not. Because that was not a drama.
http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/200...ndia.godse.html<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Its quite clear that it was a later day concoction by Nehru and his cronies to win a few sympathy votes among the ever gullible Hindus.