Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chiono chaGandhi cheIndia yakazvimirira yakavakirwa pakuwanda kwezvitendero chakadenhwa mukuvamba kwama 1940 norudzi rutsva rwechiMuslim urwo rwakabvunza nyika yechiMuslim yakaparadzana yakavezwa muIndia. Muna August 1947, Britain yakapa rusununguko, asi Umambo hweBritain hweIndia hwakakamurwa kuva masimba maviri, India ine ruzhinji rwechiHindu nePakistan ine ruzhinji rwechiMuslim. Sezvo vaHindu, vaMuslim, uye vaSikh vakawanda vakanga vasiya misha yavo vakaenda kunyika dzavo itsva, chisimba chorudzidziso chakatanga, zvikurukuru muPunjab neBengal. Achinzvenga kupemberera kworuzhinji kworusununguko muDelhi, Gandhi akashanyira nzvimbo dzakanga dzawirwa nenjodzi, achiedza kupa nyaradzo. Mumwedzi yakatevera, akaita kuramwa kudya kanoverengeka kuti agumise masimba masimba orudzidziso. Yokupedzisira yacho, yakaitwa pana 12 January 1948 apo akanga ava nemakore 78, yakanga inewo vavariro isina kunanga yokumanikidza India kubhadhara zvimwe zvinhu zvemari zvaiva nechikwereti kuPakistan. Vamwe vaIndia vaifunga kuti Gandhi akanga achibvuma zvinhu zvakawanda. Pakati pavo paiva naNathuram Godse, murudzi wechiHindu uyo
akauraya Gandhi musi wa30 January 1948 nokupfura mabara matatu muchipfuva chake.