Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru watches the cremation of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru watches the cremation of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948) at his cremation following his assassination in 1948. Gandhi was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India. At 5:17 pm on 30 January 1948, Gandhi was with his grandnieces in the garden of the former Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), on his way to address a prayer meeting, when Nathuram Godse fired three bullets from a Beretta 9 mm pistol into his chest at point-blank range. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images)