“I never took a vow of celibacy as I was already practising celibacy.”

— Nathuram Godse

Godse referring to Gandhi's diktat of advocating celibacy even to newlyweds
Excerpts from the play Mee Nathuram Godse boltoy

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Assassin of Mahatma Gandhi 1910–1949

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