On January 30, 1948, a young man in khaki came to Gandhiji with folded hands

New Delhi, January 30, Saturday, 2021

The evening of January 30, 1948, at the Birla House in Delhi , was the last prayer meeting of Gandhiji, a priest of non-violence. The country and the world were horrified by his assassination. The details of Pyarelal's book about Gandhiji's last day's routine are written at the end of the book. Manuben further writes that Bapu took hot water, honey and linghu at five o'clock in the morning as usual. There is still the weakness of fasting. Bapuji was trembling with tiredness while writing.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, I saw Chhampa in the massage and did lessons in Bengali. Gandhiji told Pyarelalji that last night I had drafted the Congress to send to Harijan. Let's see exactly that. Make up for any shortcomings in your thinking. I have prepared it when I am very tired. Coming out of the bathroom, Gandhiji weighed 102.5 pounds, or 4.5 kg. In the afternoon, the leaders of Kathiawar came to meet Bapu. Bapuji and Sardar Dada (Patel) were engaged in conversation. When Manubhan asked Gandhiji, he got the answer that if you tell him to stay alive, we will talk when we return after prayers.

Bapuji was so engrossed in talking to Sardar Dada that the prayer was delayed by ten minutes but no one dared to interrupt the discussion between the two. Gandhi Bapu took food and Kanti as soon as he spoke. Gandhiji got up without taking a moment's rest. As usual, Manuben carried a pen, Bapu's garland, spittoon, spectacles and a notebook for writing Bapu's discourse. Fell. While saying this, they climbed the steps of the place of worship.

Manubhan and Abhabhan used to be Gandhiji's support sticks while going to the prayer meeting. After climbing four steps, Bapu saw the people and joined hands. Manuben writes that I was on the right. From my side came a plump young man, in khaki clothes, clasping his hands and tearing the crowd apart. He would have wanted to touch Bapu's feet but Bapu did not like this way. So seeing this man coming forward, I pushed him and said, "Bhai Bapu, it is ten minutes late." Why are you harassing me. But the young man pushed me so hard that all the beads, spit, notebooks in my hand fell. Zuzumya with that brother until other things fell.

If Manuben bent down to pick up the fallen garland from his hand, did the young man drop three bullets one after the other from a seven-bar automatic pistol? Gandhiji fell on the ground where he lived. Abhab also started crying and then took Bapuji's head in his lap. At this time, Bapu's watch with his hands clasped was 4.15 pm. Manuben writes that the first bullet hit him in the abdomen two and a half inches above the navel. The second struck an inch away from the midline and the third to the right. The first and second bullets pierced through the body while the third filled the lungs. Bapu's face turned white due to heavy bleeding.