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Wednesday 21 January 2026

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Reuters scoop on the assassination of Gandhi

“Phone if it’s hot” was the command to a young reporter in New Delhi. Hot it was: the Mahatma, Mohandas Gandhi, father of Indian independence, had been shot at his nightly prayer meeting on 30 January 1948. Reuters was first with the news.

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