On 30 January 1948 Mahatma Gandhi, Father of a NEWLY LIBERATED INDIAN NATION, WAS MURDERED BY A HINDU EXTREMIST. Since then, many lies have been passed off as truths, half-truths have been mixed with true incidents and passed off as whole truths. Gandhi was responsible for the partition ; Gandhi sheltered Muslims and abandoned Hindus ; Killing Gandhi was the only way to save India ; these were, and even today are, some of the statements propagated by Hindu extremists and followers of Godse to justify Gandhi s murder.