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Never in the history of the world has such a slaughter been officially connived at or the result described as freedom and 'peaceful transfer of power'. If what happened in India in 1946, 1947 and 1948 is called peaceful, one wonders what would be the violent.

— Nathuram Godse Nathuram Godse: Why I Assassinated Gandhi (1993)

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