An kashe Mahatma Gandhi, fitaccen jigo a gwagwarmayar neman ‘yancin kai a Indiya a ranar 30 ga Janairu, 1948, yana da shekaru 78. An kashe shi ne a New Delhi a gidan Birla, wanda yanzu ake kira Gandhi Smriti.Nathuram Godse, Chitpavan Brahmin daga Pune, Maharashtra, an bayyana shi a matsayin wanda ya kashe shi.Ya kasance dan kishin kasar Hindu ^[8] kuma memba na duka Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, kungiyar Hindu ta dama, ^[9] da Hindu Mahasabha.An yi imanin dalilin Godse ya samo asali ne a tunaninsa na cewa Gandhi ya kasance mai yin sulhu da Pakistan a lokacinrabuwar Indiya ta 1947.^[10]Kisan ya faru ne da yamma, da misalin karfe 5 na yamma, yayin da Gandhi ke kan hanyarsa ta zuwa wani taron addu’a.Godse, yana fitowa daga cikin taron, ya harba harsashi guda uku a wuri-wuri ^[11] cikin Gandhi, yana dukan ƙirjinsa da cikinsa.Gandhi ya fadi kuma aka mayar da shi dakinsa da ke Birla House, inda daga baya ya mutu.^[12]Nan take mutanen suka kama Godse, wadanda suka hada da Herbert Reiner Jr, mataimakin karamin jakadanci a ofishin jakadancin Amurka.An fara shari'ar kisan Gandhi a watan Mayun 1948 a Red Fort a Delhi.Godse, tare da abokin aikinsa Narayan Apte da wasu mutane shida, sune manyan wadanda ake tuhumar.An gaggauta shari'ar, matakin da watakila ministan cikin gida na lokacin Vallabhbhai Patel ya yi tasiri, wanda watakila ya so kaucewa suka kan gazawar da aka yi na hana kisan.^[13] Duk da roko na neman afuwa daga 'ya'yan Gandhi, Manilal da Ramdas, fitattun shugabanni kamar Firayim Minista Jawaharlal Nehru da Mataimakin Firayim Minista Vallabhbhai Patel sun amince da hukuncin kisa ga Godse da Apte.An kashe su a ranar 15 ga Nuwamba, 1949. ^[14]