On 9th September 1944, as Gandhi was about to leave his ashram, Nathuram, Narayan, Vishnu and twenty others picketed at the front gate of the Sevagram Ashram to ensure that Gandhi did not leave for Bombay. Nathuram and his friends began shouting slogans outside the gate “Down with this traitor of our motherland …… “ Suddenly, around one hundred workers of the Sevagram Ashram pounced on them and began beating them with sticks. Just then, the police arrived and took control of the situation. Nathuram and his colleagues were handed over to the police as Gandhi zoomed away in his car without
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