Why I Killed Gandhi
E121487
"Why I Killed Gandhi" is a controversial autobiographical statement and courtroom speech by Nathuram Godse explaining his motives for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Why I Killed Gandhi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1031910 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Why I Killed Gandhi Context triple: [Nathuram Godse, notableWork, Why I Killed Gandhi]
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A.
What Gandhi Says
"What Gandhi Says" is a political analysis book by Norman Finkelstein that examines and interprets Mahatma Gandhi’s views on nonviolence, resistance, and contemporary conflicts.
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B.
The Butcher of Amritsar
The Butcher of Amritsar is the notorious epithet given to British officer Reginald Dyer for ordering the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, India.
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C.
Frontier Gandhi
Frontier Gandhi was the popular title of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a Pashtun independence activist renowned for his nonviolent resistance to British rule in India and close association with Mahatma Gandhi.
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D.
The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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E.
The Incorruptible
The Incorruptible was the sobriquet of Maximilien Robespierre, the influential and austere leader of the French Revolution’s radical phase and a key figure in the Reign of Terror.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Why I Killed Gandhi Target entity description: "Why I Killed Gandhi" is a controversial autobiographical statement and courtroom speech by Nathuram Godse explaining his motives for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
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A.
What Gandhi Says
"What Gandhi Says" is a political analysis book by Norman Finkelstein that examines and interprets Mahatma Gandhi’s views on nonviolence, resistance, and contemporary conflicts.
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B.
The Butcher of Amritsar
The Butcher of Amritsar is the notorious epithet given to British officer Reginald Dyer for ordering the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, India.
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C.
Frontier Gandhi
Frontier Gandhi was the popular title of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a Pashtun independence activist renowned for his nonviolent resistance to British rule in India and close association with Mahatma Gandhi.
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D.
The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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E.
The Incorruptible
The Incorruptible was the sobriquet of Maximilien Robespierre, the influential and austere leader of the French Revolution’s radical phase and a key figure in the Reign of Terror.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical statement
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book ⓘ courtroom speech ⓘ |
| about |
Hindu nationalism
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Indian independence movement ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Partition of India ⓘ political violence in India ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on 30 January 1948 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hindu Mahasabha ⓘ |
| author | Nathuram Godse ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | subject to bans and restrictions in India ⓘ |
| circulatedAs |
booklet
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pamphlet ⓘ |
| circulation | limited and often underground in India ⓘ |
| controversial | true ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
justifying political assassination
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promoting extremist ideology ⓘ |
| describes |
Godse's criticism of Mahatma Gandhi
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Nathuram Godse's political ideology ⓘ motives for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ |
| documentType |
legal testimony
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personal manifesto ⓘ |
| form |
speech
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written transcript ⓘ |
| genre |
historical document
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political writing ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Godse's justification of assassination
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court statement of Nathuram Godse ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
Hindu nationalist
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anti-Gandhian ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-independence India ⓘ |
| influenced | public debates on Gandhi's assassination ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalRelevance | evidence in Godse's trial ⓘ |
| mainSubject | assassination of Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | courtroom ⓘ |
| notableFor |
explicit political justification of assassination
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first-person account of Gandhi's assassin ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Marathi ⓘ |
| pointOfView | Nathuram Godse ⓘ |
| publicationStatus | posthumously published ⓘ |
| targetOf | calls for permanent ban in India ⓘ |
| timeOfStatement | 1948 ⓘ |
| titleCharacter |
Mahatma Gandhi
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Nathuram Godse ⓘ |
| usedAs | primary source on Godse's motives ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Why I Killed Gandhi Description of subject: "Why I Killed Gandhi" is a controversial autobiographical statement and courtroom speech by Nathuram Godse explaining his motives for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Nathuram Godse